A Monmouth County Superior Court judge has ruled that 252 rejected vote by mail ballots in the Asbury Park city council election should not be opened. The number of ballots at issue were enough to change the election results. Daniel Harris III, [right] an unsuccessful candidate on the A-Team slate, filed the legal challenge to […]

A judge may decide today whether the Monmouth County Board of Elections correctly voided 252 vote-by-mail [VBM] ballots in the Asbury Park city council election. Otherwise, the controversy will proceed to trial with additional witness testimony. Monmouth Superior Court Judge Dennis O’Brien heard testimony yesterday from Monmouth County Clerk M. Claire French and Monmouth County […]

About fifteen Asbury Park residents, including community leaders and ministers, gathered at city hall last night to speak out against what they say was racially biased treatment of Mayor Myra Campbell during her swearing-in ceremony. The group also called for the opening of 364 ballots that were disallowed by the Monmouth County Board of Elections […]

An initial hearing on the challenge to the Asbury Park City Council election is scheduled for tomorrow morning in front of Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Dennis O’Brien, according to the civil case management office in Freehold. The challenge was filed by Daniel Harris III [right], an unsuccessful candidate on the A-Team slate. His petition […]

A legal challenge to the city council election results in Asbury Park should not change the timing of the July 1 swearing in of the new council, according to the attorney handling the case. “There is no connection with the swearing in because it would be virtually impossible in most elections to conduct an election […]

A candidate on the losing A-Team slate has filed a lawsuit challenging the results of the Asbury Park City Council election on May 14. The petition, filed Tuesday by Daniel Harris III, contests the voiding of 332 vote by mail [VBM] ballots and the failure to count 32 provisional ballots by the Monmouth County Board […]

A challenge to the results of the Asbury Park city council election has yet to be filed, according to Monmouth County court staff on Friday. The losing A-Team slate has repeatedly vowed to challenge the results of the May 14 election, specifically to request the opening of 320 voided vote by mail ballots — enough […]

Of the 320 vote by mail ballots voided in the Asbury Park City Council race — enough to change the election results — the Monmouth County Board of Elections rejected 236 for failure to disclose who assisted voters in filling out the initial application for the ballot, according to records obtained by the Sun. The […]

Editor, the Asbury Park Sun: The A-Team has five perfect candidates who are seeking to win the upcoming city council election on May 14. First, Remond Palmer has demonstrated leadership in the community for decades. He is determined to design high-quality, culturally relevant programs that are available for our children to enrich their lives and […]

A political action committee affiliated with the A-Team city council candidates has revealed three funding sources who donated a total of $7,000. Darryl Hammary, the PAC’s treasurer, provided photocopies of three checks that showed the sources of the contributions, including the backs of the checks indicating they had been deposited. He also provided a copy […]