Former Asbury Park Councilman Jim Keady [right] is throwing his hat in the legislative ring for the state’s 30th District Assembly race. Keady, 43, a registered Independent, said he’s accepted the nomination of the Democratic parties of Monmouth and Ocean Counties to run for the seat, according to a statement he issued on Monday. Keady, […]

Long-time labor activist James Keady — a former Asbury Park Councilman who unsuccessfully sought to regain his seat in last year’s election — was deported from Indonesia on Tuesday. Keady [right, with fist in the air] is the director and founder of the Educating for Justice [EFJ] non-profit organization. Among his activities with the group […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]