Jersey City candidate's name misspelled on some ballots

A candidate for a city council seat in Jersey City’s Ward B learned on Thursday evening that election officials misspelled her name on voting machines, and she wants a judge to order the county clerk’s office to get it fixed.

On Spanish-language ballots in the city’s most Hispanic Ward, Lorena Loayza is listed on the ballot as Lorenza Loayza. Her lawyer, Scott Salmon, said in court papers filed last night that Loayza has a “statutory right to have her name on the ballot – the same name that she campaigned with, submitted her paperwork with, and which appears everywhere else

“Aside from writing a candidate’s name incorrectly, differences between ballots has the potential, if not likelihood, of confusing voters,” Salmon said. “Voters will enter the voting booth expecting to see one name and instead will see another.”

Loayza’s name is spelled correctly on sample ballots, mail-in ballots, and English-language ballots.



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