incumbents If the list of municipal candidates on the Monmouth County website is up to date, Democrats in more than 20 municipalities have not filed for seats on their municipal governing bodies, and Republicans in Roosevelt or West Long Branch have not filed as well.
Among the towns where Democrats have not filed, according to the Monmouth County site, only Republicans Laura A. Hesse and Thomas D. Stone, and Democrat Brian W. Gorsegner have filed for the two seats that are up for election to three-year terms on Borough Council.
Neither incumbent councilman Vito Colasurdo nor Eileen Cusack is seeking reelection to a second term. Colasurdo did not file for the primary election; Cusack did, and won, but has since withdrawn her name form the November ballot.
Democrat candidates have until Aug. 26 to file for the vacancy on the November ballot left when Cusack she stepped down after winning the primary.
In Highlands, incumbent Mayor Carolyn Broullon announced many weeks ago she is filing for reelection, but no one yet announced they will oppose her in November The borough is a non-partisan government which no primary elections, and candidates have until Aug. 21 to filing petitions for non-partisan municipalities like Highlands to be on the November ballot.
Towns who want a public question on the ballot must have that question to the board of Elections by Aug. 26.
To ensure al persons have the opportunity to have their names on the ballot for November, the Board of Elections has a series of deadlines for each of the various reasons why and when they will be accepted.
August 11 at 3 p.m. was the deadline for drawing of Ballot Position for General Election Candidates, August 15 will be the deadline for Independent Candidates to decline Nomination for the November election, as well as for withdrawal of school board or fire district candidates.
August 21 by 4:00 p.m. is the deadline for new nomination petitions to fill vacancies for Independent Candidates and school election and Fire District candidates for the General Election as well as for petitions for municipal non-partisan candidates as in Highlands.
August 22 is the deadline for Submission to the County Clerk of municipal Non-binding Public Questions adopted by the governing body on filing of a Qualified Petition by the Local Electorate ( as well as for Public Questions for November School Board Elections submitted by the school board secretary.
Other Monmouth County towns in addition to Atlantic Highlands where Democrats did not have candidates in the primary and at present do not have candidates listed for the November ballot are Freehold Township, Holmdel, Little Silver, Oceanport, Sea Bright, Shrewsbury, West Long Branch and Union Beach
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