Weeks after Millbourne officials pleaded guilty to federal charges in a brazen scheme to steal a 2021 mayoral election, they are still sitting on the tiny borough’s council and are poised to vote to appoint new members to the board. On April 1, Md Nural Hasan, vice president of Millbourne Borough Council, and Md Munsur Ali, a council member, admitted to several felony election fraud charges for conspiring to register nonresidents to vote in Millbourne and cast ballots for Hasan on their behalf. They are scheduled to be sentenced in June. Under state law, Ali and Hasan are ineligible to hold office as convicted felons. But the law does not mandate they immediately vacate their seats. Two other members of the five-person council resigned in March and April after being accused of living outside of the borough, making them ineligible to vote. The dual resignations threaten to leave just three members on Millbourne’s council — Hasan, Ali and Salauddin Miah — the legal minimum for the body to conduct any business, including appointing replacements. State law gives few avenues for local officials to be removed from office outside of resignations and elections. If Hasan and Ali do not resign, the Pennsylvania General Assembly could pursue articles of impeachment against them. The PA Attorney General or Delaware County District Attorney also could file a writ of quo warranto in court, asking a judge to remove them from office.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer; 4/16/2025