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Check the agenda & positions. Look for the candidate’s stated agenda and issue stances. We try to group them plainly so you can compare across candidates quickly.
Read the Transparency/Accessibility rating. For a deeper look at how transparent the candidate has been (web presence, interviews, follow-ups, meet n greets) and how communicative they've been in response to outreach, see the rating and its short explanation. This helps you understand what’s easy to find and who is easy to contact.
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Roy Sheppard

Running for:

Millville City Commissioner

Incumbent

Challenger

Websites

Quick Summary

We still don’t have any public-facing campaign information from this candidate. As a reminder, InformTheVoteNJ reaches out through the appropriate clerk’s office, basic online searches, and direct public comments at governmental meetings. A lack of information here should not be interpreted as a lack of effort on our part.

This candidate did participate in the recent 4 Seasons candidate forum and offered some substantive remarks. However, at the request of 4 Seasons, we are not permitted to report or publish details from that event.

It is also worth noting that, despite being personally made aware of InformTheVoteNJ’s meet n greet event and receiving a business card directly, this candidate did not attend and has not followed up. To our knowledge, they also do not plan to participate in the upcoming public forum at the Millville Public Library. Until we receive a platform, website, interview, or other public campaign materials that can be shared openly, we remain without accessible information to present to voters.

This election is on November 4th, 2025

Transparency/Accessibility Rating: Low

Quick Summary

Roy Sheppard’s campaign presence during this election cycle has been minimal from a public-facing and press-access standpoint. The only confirmed appearance connected to his campaign was at the Four Seasons Candidates Forum, an event that unfortunately was not permitted to be recorded. Beyond that, there is no known long-form interview, campaign website, social-media page, or written platform outlining his priorities in detail.

Sheppard is part of Team Millville, running alongside Joe Derella and Carmine DelVicario. At the recorded Candidates Forum, Derella stated that his ticket-mates were essentially aligned with his positions. While that comment is understandable in the context of a unified slate, it becomes problematic when considered against the complete lack of accessible supporting material from the other members of the team. Alignment is not a substitute for documentation. Without any independent public record of Sheppard’s own statements or agenda, voters are left to take his platform second-hand through another candidate’s interpretation.

From a press-relations perspective, this approach simply doesn’t meet the threshold for modern transparency. Campaigns are expected to produce at least some verifiable content—whether written, recorded, or live—that allows residents to learn about candidates directly. With no interview, no central campaign hub, and no recorded statements, Sheppard’s accessibility remains near the bottom of this year’s field.

To be clear, this “poor” rating should not be read as a omniscient judgment, but as a reflection of comparative performance. In a field of nineteen candidates—many of whom participated in interviews, meet-and-greets, or at least shared written questionnaires—Team Millville’s strategy of low-visibility campaigning leaves new voters without even the most basic reference points.

Overall rating: Poor — limited to one non-recorded appearance and derivative statements through ticket-mates, providing little basis for independent voter evaluation.

Agenda, Background and Campaign Message, Issues, etc.

As of 10/24/2025, we still don't have any substantive information on this candidate. As a reminder, we reach out through information obtained through whichever clerk's office is appropriate, basic google searches, and public comments at appropriate governmental meetings. In other words, a lack of information on this site should not be perceived as a lack of effort on our part, we simply haven't received anything yet.