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RED BANK: WHO TO VOTE FOR? THIS MAY HELP

all-candidates-050123-466x500-2570459Thirteen candidates for Red Bank council, and two for mayor, crowd the May 9 ballot. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

election-2023_qa-220x189-1779922See UPDATE below

With a record 15 candidates to select for seven seats in the historic May 9 election, Red Bank voters may feel a bit like they’re looking at the menu of a Jersey diner: overwhelmed.

So to help voters decide who they want to establish a new form of government July 1, redbankgreen invited all 13 council candidates and both mayoral contenders to offer information about themselves and their positions in written Q&As.

Video illustrates how to use Monmouth County’s digital voting machines, which employ touchscreen technology familiar to users of smartphones and tablets. Below: Red Bank’s voting district map.

red-bank-voting-district-map-2021-220x141-8862054The Q&As – the same for all 15 – provide basic biographical info, as well as each candidate’s views on major issues facing the town.

While hardly exhaustive, the questions are wide-ranging, and numerous. One candidate said it was “like taking a college exam.”

See the full collection of Q&As, posted in randomized order, here. As of early Wednesday, two candidates had not responded; we’ll add theirs if we get them. (UPDATE: Council candidate Erin Fleming submitted one Thursday; it has now been added to the rest.)

And here’s some useful nuts-and-bolts info about voting:

• Find the Red Bank sample ballot here.

• Early, in-person voting will be available at borough hall (90 Monmouth Street) from Friday, May 5, through Sunday, May 7. The hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. No other polling stations will be open for early, in-person voting.

• In-person, election day voting will take place at the polling stations shown below. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Note that in-person, election day voting for residents of the 1st and 8th districts will take place at borough hall (90 Monmouth Street).

• In case you missed it, check out the video of redbankgreen‘s “Faceoff Over Red Bank’s Future,” a two-hour candidates’ forum held April 18 at the Red Bank Middle School.

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