Asbury Park Press

A monthslong fight over voter eligibility in Bay Head, New Jersey has concluded with 11 residents voluntarily removed from the borough's rolls, Ocean County election board chairman George Gilmore said. The dispute began when Borough Council President and GOP chairman Dennis Shaning flagged 39 voters whose tax bills were mailed outside town, a list that included only Democrats and unaffiliated voters. The ACLU-NJ sued on behalf of the League of Women Voters, calling the inquiry a politically motivated pre-election purge, but a judge declined to block it. Gilmore said remaining voters on the list will face no challenges at the polls on Election Day.