Moorestown Election Results Coming Into Focus After Mail-In Ballot Results Posted

Moorestown, NJ -- A week to the day after Moorestown voters went to the polls, the results of the local elections became a little more clear.

After the mail-in ballot results were posted on the county’s website, the three winners in last week’s council elections remain the same as of Tuesday morning.

Republican incumbent Victoria Napolitano and her running mate Mike Locatell were among the top three vote getters for the four-year seats, as was Democratic incumbent Lisa Petriello.

Petriello still garnered the most votes, but increased her lead to 5,505 from the 4,840 votes she was credited with on Election Day.

Locatell was next with 5,478 votes. He had 4,814 on Nov. 8. Napolitano increased her total to 5,412 from 4,732.

Democrat Kati Angelini was fourth with 5,363, 49 votes shy of Napolitano. Last week, there was a 10-vote difference between the two, as Angelini had 4,722.

Incumbent Republican Mayor Phil Garwood was fifth with 5,341 votes, up from 4,652 from last last week. He closed the gap on Angelini, now finishing just 18 votes behind her.

Amy Leis had 5,248 votes. Last week, she had 4,610.

Results remain unofficial, pending the tabulation of provisional ballots and certification by the county clerk.

The delay was due to the fact that none of Moorestown's 1,659 mail-in ballots were included in the Election Day total after a printing snafu resulted in workers needing to count about 20,000 mail-in ballots throughout the county by hand.

Mail-in ballots were sent out with the wrong markings that identify the town and voting district.

The count was wrapped up last week, but unofficial results weren’t posted on the county website until this week.

Kathy Goldenberg, Sandra Alberti and Maurice Weeks maintained their victories in the Board of Education elections.

Goldenberg finished with 5,719 votes, followed by Alberti with 5,277 and Weeks with 4,736.

Board Member Dimitri Schneiberg ran unopposed in a special election for the unexpired seat he was appointed to when Harry Faunce resigned earlier this year. He had 6,422 votes as of Tuesday morning.