Town voters, the few who did vote, overwhelmingly approved a charter change imposing term limits on the mayor and commissioners by a 52-14 margin.
Elected officials can serve a maximum of three consecutive two-year terms as either mayor or commissioner, or four consecutive two-year terms in a combination of commission and mayoral posts. The change affects those currently in office.
Only 18.4 percent of the town’s voters cast ballots, including five by absentee ballot. The turnout likely would have been higher if any of the four seats on the ballot were contested.
Instead, Commissioner David Cheifetz moves over to the mayor’s position, Peter Isaac replaces him as a commissioner representing Point Manalapan, Chauncey Johnstone represents oceanfront residents and former commissioner Tom Thornton returns as an at-large commissioner.
— Tim O’Meilia
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