Madison School Board Race Update: Yousey, Reddy, Irwin Still Lead

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

MADISON, NJ— The polls are closed and the ballots are cast and soon Madison Borough residents will know who will be representing them on the school board.

There are three seats available on the Madison school board with Heather Reddy, Pamela Yousey, Kara Hines and David Irwin looking to fill them.

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Current tallies:

• Kara Hines: 4,186
• David Irwin: 4,578
• Heather Reddy: 4,498
• Pamela Yousey: 4,542

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.

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.

Every the ballot sent through the mail had to be postmarked by Nov. 3. It must be received by your county's election boards by 8 p.m. on Nov. 10.

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

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

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