City saw 26% voter turnout in Tuesday election
8% of registered voters used mail-in ballots
About 26 percent of the city’s registered voters turned out to cast their ballots in the Asbury Park council election on Tuesday, according to data provided by City Clerk Steve Kay.
The city has 8,840 registered voters, and 1,445 of them, or 17 percent, voted at machines in their local voting districts.
John Moor, Amy Quinn, Myra Campbell and incumbent council members John M. Loffredo and Susan Henderson were the top five vote-getters according to unofficial election results [visible at the bottom of this posting], but results could change when the Monmouth County Board of Elections counts 160 provisional ballots tomorrow.
About two percent of voters voted provisionally, although a provisional vote can be disqualified if the voter is not from Asbury Park.
Eight percent of voters, or 665, voted by mail-in ballot or messenger ballot. The Board of Elections rejected 332 of those ballots and counted 333.
Voters in the northern half of the city had the highest turnout numbers [voter district map can be seen below]. District nine in the northwestern-most part of the city saw a 27-percent voter turnout. District seven in the northeastern-most part of the city saw a 24.5-percent voter turnout. District one, which sits in the middle of the part of town west of Memorial Drive, saw a 20.6-percent voter turnout. District eight, a portion of the city between Memorial Drive and Grand Avenue in the northern part of town, saw a 20.5-percent voter turnout.
The lowest voter turnout was in the southwestern part of the city, in district three, where only 0.09 percent of voters cast their ballots on voting machines. District three is a geographically small district with borders of Bangs Avenue, Boston Way, Prospect Avenue and Ridge Avenue.
In district two, which sits between the Ocean Township border of Deal Lake and Central Avenue, 12.6 percent of voters turned out.
In the downtown’s district four, 15.2 percent of voters turned out. In waterfront districts five and six, 12.6 percent and 16 percent of voters, respectively, turned out.
VOTERS’ CHOICES BY DISTRICT
Many of the council tickets saw surges of votes in certain districts. The incumbent-led Forward Asbury Park ticket received many votes in districts one, four, eight and nine, meaning they were popular in the northeast, the central business district, and the area between Memorial Drive and Grand Avenue in the northern part of town.
The One Asbury ticket, whose candidates Quinn, Campbell and Moor took three of the seats according to unofficial election results, were popular in districts one, four, seven, eight and nine — the same districts where Forward Asbury Park had good results, plus Asbury Tower and the northeastern part of town, where Bradley Cove is located.
The A-Team saw its biggest voter surge by far in the form of mail-in ballots, with candidates receiving up to 168 votes each by mail. By comparison, the candidates only received 40 to 50 votes each in the districts where they were most popular. The team got its highest numbers in the West Side’s district three, and district four, which encompasses the downtown and part of the southwestern part of town. Data provided by the city does not enumerate vote-by-mail ballots by voter district.
The AP Out Front ticket was more popular in districts one, two, three and four, which comprise the southwestern part of town and the central business district. They received votes in the single-digits in districts five through nine, with the exception of Stephen Williams, who received 12 votes in district five, which goes from Memorial Drive to the waterfront.
VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOTS
Of the vote-by-mail ballots that were not rejected, the A-Team council candidates received the majority of the votes. Duanne Small and Daniel Harris received 168 votes each by mail. Remond Palmer received 164 votes by mail, James Keady received 149 votes by mail and Nora Hyland received 145.
One Asbury candidates were the second-highest ticket in mail-in votes. Amy Quinn received 75 votes by mail, while John B. Moor received 71; Myra L. Campbell received 66; Joe Woerner received 62; and Talesha A. Crank received 57.
AP Out Front candidates were the third-highest ticket in mail-in votes. Rosetta Johnson received 50; Stephen Williams received 45; Shonna Famularo received 43; Clevette Hill received 42; and Dorvil Gilles received 32.
The incumbent-led Forward Asbury Park ticket brought up the rear in mail-in ballot votes. Councilman Kevin Sanders received 49; Councilwoman Susan Henderson received 48; Deputy Mayor John M. Loffredo received 46; William Potter got 36; and Gregory Hopson Sr. got 33.
Independent candidate Randy Thompson received seven mail-in votes and fellow independent Harold V. Suggs received four.
Click the district map below to enlarge. Unofficial election results are visible below the map.
| Councilmembers-At-Large Asbury Park City |
| 9/9 100.00% |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Susan Henderson | 608 | 7.20% |
| – John M. Loffredo | 640 | 7.58% |
| – Kevin Sanders | 574 | 6.79% |
| – Gregory Hopson, Sr. | 428 | 5.07% |
| – William D. Potter | 434 | 5.14% |
| – Amy Quinn | 693 | 8.20% |
| – Myra L. Campbell | 598 | 7.08% |
| – Joe Woerner | 566 | 6.70% |
| – John B. Moor | 699 | 8.27% |
| – Talesha A. Crank | 441 | 5.22% |
| – Randy Thompson | 139 | 1.65% |
| – Harold V. Suggs | 48 | 0.57% |
| – Remond Palmer | 381 | 4.51% |
| – Duanne ‘King’ Small | 405 | 4.79% |
| – Nora Hyland | 359 | 4.25% |
| – Daniel Harris | 388 | 4.59% |
| – James Keady | 409 | 4.84% |
| – Rosetta ‘Ella’ Johnson | 158 | 1.87% |
| – Stephen ‘Steve’ Williams | 144 | 1.70% |
| – Clevette ‘Rasul’ Hill | 112 | 1.33% |
| – Shonna ‘Walker’ Famularo | 123 | 1.46% |
| – Dorvil ‘Gregory’ Gilles | 97 | 1.15% |
| Write-In | 4 | 0.05% |
| Total | 8,448 | 100.00% |
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