Will the City's Ballots be Printed in Time for the June Primary?

Who will print the ballots for this June's primary elections?

A proposed temporary budget failed on Wednesday night, after Hoboken's deadlocked city council voted 4-4 on the matter.

The budget included $37,000 to print the ballots for the upcoming primary elections. It's the responsibility of the municipality to print its own ballots, Mayor Dawn Zimmer said on Thursday morning.

"It's going to be a major problem," Zimmer said in response to the eight-hour meeting from the night before. "I don't even know what to do to get the ballots printed."

Initially the cost for the ballots were estimated at $25,000. The actual cost, however, turned out to be $37,000. To change that line item in the temporary budget, a council vote was needed. The vote, however, failed.

Zimmer said she might have to ask the county for financial help to print the ballots.