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    Cities in New Jersey

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    Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.

    This page includes the following resources:

    Cities[edit]

    City government[edit]

    Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope and the county governments that overlap those cities:

    City County
    Jersey City Hudson County
    Newark Essex County
    Trenton Mercer County

    According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 21 counties, 564 cities, towns, and villages, and 222 special districts.[1]

    Elections[edit]

    Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

    2024[edit]

    See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

    2023[edit]

    See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

    2022[edit]

    See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

    Ballotpedia expanded its coverage of local elections in New Jersey in 2022. Click here to find your county, or click the links below for additional information about the following municipalities:

    2021[edit]

    See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

    2020[edit]

    See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

    Past elections


    Initiative process availability[edit]

    See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in New Jersey

    The local units of government in New Jersey that make the initiative process available are:

    • Counties operating under the optional county charter law have state specified initiative and referendum. There are 6 such counties (Atlantic, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Mercer and Union).
    • Municipalities operating under the optional municipal charter law (129) or commission form of government (32) have state specified initiative and referendum procedures. A list of these 161 municipalities is provided below in the external links, "Initiative and Referendum in New Jersey’s Counties and Municipalities."
    • 3 of the 11 municipalities with special act charters provide for local initiative and referendum in the charter (Middletown Township, Montville Township, and Plainfield City). These charters were special acts of the legislature.
    • In addition, Tenafly Borough, which generally operates under the borough form of government, has provided its voters with the powers of initiative and referendum pursuant to a local law specifically enacted to provide those powers.[2]

    See also[edit]

    New Jersey Municipal government Other local coverage
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    External links[edit]

    Footnotes[edit]

    1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
    2. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012
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