Judge to decide fate of heated N.J. election won by just 2 votes

Two candidates in one of New Jersey’s Democratic strongholds are fighting it out in court over an election decided by a two-vote margin .

Roselle Borough Councilwoman Cynthia Johnson challenged incumbent Councilwoman-at-Large Denise Wilkerson for her seat in the Democratic primary in June.

Wilkerson won the primary with 1,496 votes, compared to Johnson’s 1,494 votes, according to the official count.

Johnson’s team challenged the totals in Union County Superior Court, alleging there were additional votes that weren’t counted due to errors made when the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles registered voters.

“In this case, that appears to have resulted in the improper disenfranchisement of 19 voters who have been long-standing Democrats who sought to vote in this election, but whose b