Over a third of the city’s registered voters participated in the city’s first November municipal election, up from 26 percent total turnout in the May 2013 municipal election. A total 9,182 residents are registered to vote in the city and 3,421 of them — or 37.26 percent — cast at least one vote in the election, according to the […]

The Asbury Park school board election returns are in and a mix of candidates from the two tickets secured the three open spots, according to unofficial results from the Monmouth County Clerk. Retired Asbury Park schools nurse Carole B. Jones of the Moving Forward slate secured the most votes at 930. Incumbent Felicia Simmons of the A-Team […]

John Moor — a sitting councilman who ran on the Asbury Together ticket — will be over the required 50 percent threshold to win the mayor’s race outright without a run-off election, according to unofficial results provided by City Clerk Steven Kay and county election officials. With vote-by-mail ballots now counted, Moor has 1374 of the […]

The Monmouth County Board of Elections has disqualified 353 vote-by-mail [VBM] ballots in the Asbury Park election. The Board allowed 340 VBM ballots to be counted, which increased the lead of the Asbury Together ticket. There are still 161 provisional ballots that need to be counted. Asbury Together has already claimed victory in four of […]

The Asbury Together ticket claimed victory in four of the five council seats at stake in Tuesday’s election, which will give them a council majority. [UPDATE: With vote-by-mail ballots now counted, the Asbury Together slate has swept all five council seats, which includes Moor as Mayor. Click here for the updated story. Shown above are […]

John Moor of the Asbury Together ticket has received the most votes in the contest for Asbury Park Mayor, while his four running mates are the high vote-getters for the four council seats, according to unofficial results provided by City Clerk Steven Kay. [UPDATE: With vote-by-mail ballots now counted, the Asbury Together slate has swept […]

Election Day is today and voters who are unsure where in the city they can cast their vote can access it here. Below is the list of polling places provided by district. Anyone who is unsure which district they live in can enter their address and find their assigned polling place should click here. Polls will […]

The Monmouth County Board of Elections on Monday began the tedious task of sifting through all of the Asbury Park vote-by-mail [VBM] ballots to determine which may be cast. At the end of day one, the board voided 26 of the first 38 ballots they examined which had been subject to a challenge by the […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun, We cannot stress how important it is to get out and vote. We have an election coming up that could possibly change the direction our city will take. We need to keep moving forward and build on the progress that has been made. We need experienced leaders who can stand […]