The provisional ballots cast in the Asbury Park municipal and board of education elections have been counted. Provisional ballots are cast when it’s unclear if a voter is qualified to vote. On election day, 161 voters in Asbury Park cast a provisional ballot. About half of the ballots —72 — were counted, according to data from […]

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 […]

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 […]

Monmouth County Democrats will host a free Get out the Vote rally at the West Side Community Center, located at 115 DeWitt Ave. tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., to encourage residents to head to the polls next week and cast their vote. United States Senator Cory Booker, Congressman Frank Pallone, Congressional candidate Ruben Scolavino […]

[Editor’s note: In an effort to provide Sun readers and Asbury Park candidates who seek to be elected as the city’s first directly-elected mayor with the most fair and accurate election coverage, the Sun sat down with each of the four mayoral candidates and asked them the same ten questions. No candidates were provided advanced […]