Democrats are criticizing Atlantic County Clerk Joe Giralo, a Republican, over what they call delays in getting mail-in ballots out for the June 7 primary, and for not posting sample vote-by-mail ballots to the web page. According to the Press of Atlantic City, Giralo said Thursday his office has done an amazing job of meeting every state deadline, even though a federal lawsuit challenging use of the “county line” on ballots wasn’t settled until the last minute, leaving clerks unable to finalize layouts.
Giralo said he started the mailing a day before he was required to by law, dropping off 3,788 ballots to the Mays Landing post office himself.