Despite Heated School Board Race, Voter Turnout Low in Parsippany

There were six residents to choose from and only three could win, but even with such a heavily-contested race for open seats on the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Board of Education, voter turnout was lower than the county average.

With just 10,357 of the township’s 32,454 registered voters hitting the polls Tuesday (without provisionals, according to the county clerk’s office), the township showed a 31.9-percent turnout, down from the county average of 36-percent.

There were six names on the ballot for three, three-year seats on the board of education. One incumbent, Timothy Berrios, was re-elected, followed by two challengers, Andrew Choffo and George Blair.

Two incumbents – Susy Golderer and Sharif Shamsudin – were unseated in the race.

There was no race for the Parsippany Mayor or Council.

Incumbents at the freeholder, surrogate, congressional, and senate levels all won re-election in Morris County and New Jersey.

Why do you think Parsippany had such a low voter turnout?