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 […]

The incumbent-led Forward Asbury Park ticket won the top-five ballot positions in today’s ballot drawing at City Hall. City Clerk Stephen Kay pulled cards from a box to determine the ballot positions [pictured above and shaking the box at right]. Prior to the drawing, candidates could choose to be grouped on the ballot with their […]

An independent candidate who filed to run in the city council election was disqualified today, and his name will not appear on the ballot, according to city clerk Steven Kay. Justice Allah, 32, submitted 93 signatures on his nominating petition to run in the May 14 nonpartisan election. Eighty-five signatures of registered voters in Asbury […]

Starting this week, nomination petitions for this year’s city council elections are available in City Clerk Steve Kay’s office at City Hall. Petitions require 85 signatures of registered voters in the city, Kay said. They are due back at City Hall on Monday, March 11. Council elections are scheduled for Tuesday, May 14. All five […]

The first council meeting of the new year will start an hour early, city clerk Steve Kay said today. On Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, the regular city council meeting will begin at 6 p.m., with no workshop meeting. The closed executive session will start at 5 p.m. as usual. Usually, the workshop session starts at […]

The deadline is past and the signatures are counted, and five city residents have been approved to run for the charter study commission. A charter study commission [CSC] would scrutinize the city’s current form of government and recommend changes if they see fit. The CSC is subject to two votes in the November general election. […]

Duanne Small’s recall petitions were rejected today after having been handed in yesterday at 4:50 p.m. The petitions, which called for the removal of Mayor Ed Johnson, Deputy Mayor John G. Loffredo and Councilwoman Sue Henderson from office, contained about 2,644 signatures each. Small, a community activist, spearheaded the effort to collect signatures. The reason […]

Rita Marano’s name could be one of the many appearing on the Asbury Park ballot in November. The longtime city resident says she’s collected slightly more than the requisite 100 signatures to secure a nomination for the charter study commission. If city clerk Steve Kay verifies that 100 of those signatures belong to registered Asbury […]