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Atlantic City voters reject proposal to eliminate mayor, keep government amid pandemic

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FOX 29's Steve Keeley has the latest details in Atlantic County. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Atlantic City will fight its way through the coronavirus pandemic and attempt to rebuild its devastated casino-based economy under its current form of government.

Although it could be next week before all the votes are counted, Atlantic City’s mayor declared victory Tuesday night in a special election in which early returns showed voters strongly rejecting a proposal to eliminate a mayor in favor of an appointed manager.

And the leader of the drive conceded defeat, developments that virtually no one foresaw happening that quickly. “The people have rejected change,” said Bob McDevitt, president of the main Atlantic City casino workers union. “There are

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