{"id":185458,"date":"2014-11-20T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=185458"},"modified":"2014-11-20T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T18:00:00","slug":"defeated-ni-mayoral-bet-tenders-electoral-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/defeated-ni-mayoral-bet-tenders-electoral-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Defeated NI mayoral bet says Aldan not a resident"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defeated Northern Islands mayoral candidate Vicente Cruz Santos Jr. filed yesterday an election contest, alleging that mayor-elect Francisco Jerome K. Aldan is not a resident of the Northern Islands and that there were some illegal votes.<\/p>\n

Santos is suing Aldan and the Commonwealth Election Commission in Superior Court.<\/p>\n

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Vicente Cruz Santos Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Santos, through counsel Janet H. King, asked the court to declare Aldan not a resident or domiciliary of the Northern Islands and not eligible to be a candidate in the Nov. 4 election for the Northern Islands mayor.<\/p>\n

Santos requested the court to declare him the elected Northern Islands mayor for garnering the largest number of legal votes. <\/p>\n

Alternatively, Santos wants the court to issue an order setting aside the election results and ordering the election commission to hold a new mayoral election for the Northern Islands.<\/p>\n

Santos also demanded a court judgment holding Aldan and CEC jointly liable to pay him for his fees, costs, and expenses in his election contest.<\/p>\n

Aldan, of the NMI Republican Party, won over independent candidate Santos with a margin of 33 votes, 94-61, according to CEC\u2019s official election results.<\/p>\n

King stated in the complaint that CEC allowed Aldan to run as a candidate for Northern Islands mayor in the Nov. 4 election despite his being not a resident or domiciliary of the Northern Islands.<\/p>\n

King said that only individuals registered to vote in Precinct 4D (Northern Islands) for the Nov. 4 election could vote for the Northern Islands mayor.<\/p>\n

The lawyer also alleged that on Nov. 4, CEC allowed 40 individuals to vote who were not eligible to vote for Northern Islands mayor.<\/p>\n

King said these individuals were not residents of the Northern Islands on Nov. 4 or ever, yet they voted for Aldan. King said without these illegal votes, Santos would have prevailed over Aldan.<\/p>\n

Aldan is program manager for the Northern Islands Mayor\u2019s Office. He has been serving as acting mayor because of the current mayor\u2019s health condition. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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