CAPE MAY--A special election will be held tomorrow in Cape May, and there will be just two questions for voters to consider, and they're both about parking. The city wants to install hundreds of parking meters in one section of the city, but some residents there are saying no thanks.

While some have fought over a parking space before, there's a battle happening in Cape May over more than 300 of them on the city's east end. "It's a question of neighborhood values, it's a question of historic preservation, it's a question of those kind of aspects." Jim Testa, who lives in the area that would be impacted, is leading the charge to try and stop the installation of some 300 meters, and the implementation of back-end angle parking, and says it's not just about aesthetics, it's also about quality of life. "I guess if you pay the kind of taxes that people do in Cape May, which is to say very high," said Testa, "we all pay our fair share of them, but you sort of expect to be able to park a car or two, when you have limited access to your own house, out on the street, without having to pay extra for it."

"We feel that it's only fair to charge the same conditions across the board on our entire beach-front, from east to west," said Cape May Mayor, Dr. Edward Mahaney, Jr., "the west end of the city already has these meters and there's a significant residential neighborhood there."

The city had already passed ordinances last spring on both measures, and officials say these are a couple of ways to try to alleviate parking congestion in the city, while at the same time making money for the seaside resort. "Obviously, it's to generate revenue," said Mahaney, "but it's always been the feeling that the city, city council has gone back over the last 20 years, that meters should be in that location, however, we never had the equipment to do it before."

Testa and fellow neighbors formed a petition to have a referendum on the ordinances, something the city opposed. Both sides battled out the matter in Superior Court, where a judge ruled there should and will be a vote on the matter. "What's happening tomorrow, September 8th, is really the vote that's mandated by the referendum that we successfully carried out," said Testa.

And while the issues only pertain to the east end of the city, it's a vote open to all residents, who both sides hope to see at the polls tomorrow. "We certainly hope they will vote, no matter if they vote yes or no on either issue," said the Mayor.

Polls will be open tomorrow starting at 6 AM until 8PM.

All polling places will be the same as a general election, however, district 5 will vote at the Lutheran Church on Pittsburgh Ave., rather than the Kiwanis Club, due to a schedule conflict.