Koestenblatt, Mucerino, Wilson Washington Twp. BOE Lead Race

This post was last updated at 3 p.m. on Nov. 16.

LONG VALLEY, NJ - The polls are closed, the tallies have begun and soon the contested race for Washington Township Board of Education will be decided.

This election cycle there are three open seats on the school board and more than double the numbers of candidates to fill them. The seven on the ballot are (those who submitted profiles are linked in blue):

• Joseph Coladarci
• Kiran Tadi
• Jill Mucerino
• Laura Ann Quinones
• Jason Koestenblatt
• Bryan Nesfeder
• Stephanie Wilson

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Here are the latest tallies.

• Kiranmayi Tadi: 3,272
• Stephanie Wilson: 3,297
• Bryan Nesfeder: 2,577
• Jason Koestenblatt: 4,144
• Jill A. Mucerino: 3,808
• Laura Ann Quinones: 2,775
• Armand Czapkowski: 666
• Joseph S. Coladarci Third: 2,655

Since the change to this year's election was announced by Gov. Phil Murphy because of the coronavirus, there have been many questions about how the process will work.

Across Morris County, 292 of 301 precincts have reported results, which is approximately 97 percent. Tuesday was the last day ballots could be received in New Jersey. Provisional ballot tabulation began Wednesday. The issues in reporting continue to be no listing of what precincts are outstanding, so whether they are clustered in such a way that the impact the outcome of a close races is unknown.

"Every vote should be safe. Every vote should be secure. Every vote should be counted," Murphy said of the process.

All results are based off of unofficial tallies provided by the Morris County Clerk's Office. Results won't be official until they are certified. Certification is expected by Nov. 20.

See our full election coverage for New Jersey on our topic page.

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