Approximately 170 provisional ballots and 332 vote by mail ballots from the Asbury Park city council election remain unopened this morning, according to the election offices in Freehold. Of the 332 vote by mail [VBM] ballots not counted, election officials declined to state how many were voided outright for being completed incorrectly. Candidate Jim Keady […]

The unofficial election results for the city council race are in — but A-Team candidate Jim Keady says more than 300 vote-by-mail ballots have yet to be counted. Keady learned that about 332 ballots were set aside, he said, with 80 of those ballots being “discarded because they were not filled out properly. That leaves […]

A mix of candidates from the One Asbury and Forward Asbury Park city council tickets have won the election, according to unofficial results from the Monmouth County Board of Elections. The One Asbury slate has won a majority on the council. The winning One Asbury candidates were Myra Campbell, John Moor and Amy Quinn [shown […]

Asbury Park polls closed at 8 p.m. in a hard-fought election that could see the first major change in control of the city council in the city since 2001. Twenty-two candidates are seeking all five council seats in this non-partisan election. The five elected council members will select the mayor from among themselves. They will […]

Vote-by-mail ballot use has exploded in this year’s election, with 640 voters using that method to cast their votes as of this afternoon. In the most recent city council election, in May 2009, only 61 people voted by mail. Of the 640 vote-by-mail [VBM] ballots cast so far, about 275 are messenger ballots, according to […]

Shonna Famularo is running for a seat on the Asbury Park city council on the AP Out Front ticket. Famularo, 43, lives on Park Avenue with her husband, James Famularo, and their two children, Nicholas, 18, and Joseph, 15. Her husband was previously employed as assistant city manager for the city of Asbury Park, but […]

Asbury Park residents received campaign literature and phone calls last week stating that the Asbury Park Democrats are endorsing the A-Team city council ticket in tomorrow’s election. But according to Asbury Park Democratic Committee Chairman Joe Grillo, the Democratic Committee is not endorsing anyone in the election. “We, formally, are not endorsing anyone,” Grillo [pictured […]

City residents received a flier in the mail last week stating that council candidate Amy Quinn and her team, One Asbury, are in favor of free beaches and free parking for out-of-towners — but Quinn has said her ticket does not support such a plan. “We absolutely didn’t propose a free beach and parking,” Quinn […]

The Asbury-based Citizens for Change political action committee [PAC] has reported two new contributions totaling $4,000. The PAC is linked to the A-Team slate in the city council election. On May 4, Granville and Linda Bozarth, Vincentown, contributed $2,500 and a South Jersey-based PAC, Voters United NJ, contributed $1,500, according to a report filed with […]

Three major election tickets and one independent candidate in the Asbury council race have filed their second round of campaign finance reports with the state Election Law Enforcement Commission [ELEC]. For campaigns raising more than $12,300, all contributions of $300 or more must be reported to ELEC. Those campaigns must also provide details on their […]