Editing Jackson Township, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Jackson Township adopted the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Mayor-Council]] form of government under the [[Faulkner Act]] as of July 1, 2006.<ref>Benjamin, Dave. [http://tri.gmnews.com/news/2006-04-27/Front_Page/040.html "Mayoral candidates vow to put in time job takes; Seda, Giblin, Kafton head down stretch in race for new post"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017075024/http://tri.gmnews.com/news/2006-04-27/Front_Page/040.html |date=October 17, 2013 }}, ''Tri-Town News'', April 27, 2006. Accessed October 16, 2013. "When the new mayor-council government comes into existence on July 1, the council members will decide on a salary for the mayor.... According to municipal clerk Ann Marie Eden, the exact wording on the change of government ballot question voters approved in November was, 'Shall the Mayor-Council Plan of Government of the Optional Municipal Charter Law, providing for five council members to be elected at large, with staggered terms, at nonpartisan elections held in May, with plurality rule, with the mayor elected directly by the voters, be adopted by Jackson Township?'"</ref> The township is one of 71 (of the 564) municipalities statewide governed under this form.<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601184216/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf |date=June 1, 2023 }}, [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the five-member Township Council, who are elected [[at-large]] on a [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] basis. Council members serve four-year terms on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election in even-numbered years as part of the November general election. The Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office that comes up for election during the same year that two council seats are up for a vote. The Council selects a President and a vice president from among its members. Until 2006, Jackson Township was governed under the [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] form of government with a five-member Township Committee, whose members were elected directly by the voters in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats coming up for election each year.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 103.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040836/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 |date=June 4, 2023 }}, p. 10. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> In June 2011, the Township Council passed an ordinance shifting nonpartisan elections from May to November.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141102043017/http://jacksontwpnj.net/documents/minutes/council_meeting_minutes/2011/06-28-11.pdf Meeting Minutes of June 28, 2011. Accessed January 23, 2015. "Ordinance 21-11 Title: An Ordinance Of The Township Of Jackson, County Of Ocean, State Of New Jersey To Change The Election Date Of The Nonpartisan Municipal Election From The Second Tuesday Of May To The Date Of The November General Election"]</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, the Mayor of Jackson Township is Michael Reina, who was first elected in 2009 and whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.<ref name=Mayor>[https://www.jacksontwpnj.net/246/Mayor Mayor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525045402/https://jacksontwpnj.net/246/Mayor |date=May 25, 2022 }}, Jackson Township. Accessed March 25, 2024.</ref> Township Council members are Council President Jennifer L. Kuhn (2026), Council Vice President Scott Sargent (2026), Nino Anthony Borrelli (2024), Mordechai Burnstein (2024; appointed to serve an unexpired term) and Stephen M. Chisholm Jr. (2024).<ref name=Council>[https://www.jacksontwpnj.net/229/Township-Council Township Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713125255/https://www.jacksontwpnj.net/229/Township-Council |date=July 13, 2022 }}, Jackson Township. Accessed March 25, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.jacksontwpnj.net/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/140 2023 Municipal User Friendly Budget] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110173157/https://www.jacksontwpnj.net/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/140 |date=November 10, 2023 }}, Jackson Township. Accessed November 10, 2023.</ref><ref name=OceanProfile>[https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/frmGovDirPage.aspx?ID=216 Township of Jackson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607144203/https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/frmGovDirPage.aspx?ID=216 |date=June 7, 2024 }}, [[Ocean County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 25, 2024.</ref><ref name=OceanOfficials>[https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/70fc90f8-5e4e-4454-a3c1-8ca3d0911f87.pdf ''2024 Ocean County & Municipal Elected Officials''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415061538/https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/70fc90f8-5e4e-4454-a3c1-8ca3d0911f87.pdf |date=April 15, 2022 }}, [[Ocean County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated February 22, 2024. Accessed March 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Ocean2022>[https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/9a46d949-75d5-448a-8190-dbcefcb2a739.pdf 2022 General Election Official Results November 8, 2022] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510152657/https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/9a46d949-75d5-448a-8190-dbcefcb2a739.pdf |date=May 10, 2023 }}, [[Ocean County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Ocean2020>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Ocean/106715/web.264614/#/summary 2020 General Election November 3, 2020 Official results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607144205/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Ocean/106715/web.264614/#/summary |date=June 7, 2024 }}, [[Ocean County, New Jersey]], updated December 2, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

Mordechai Burnstein, president of the Jackson Republican Club and planning board member, was appointed to the township council in November 2023, replacing former councilman Martin Flemming III, who resigned the previous month.<ref>Davis, Mike. [https://www.app.com/story/news/local/jackson-lakewood/jackson/2023/11/10/jackson-township-makes-surprise-pick-for-open-council-seat/71523830007/ "After months of infighting, Jackson Township names new council member once thought unthinkable"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607144101/https://subscribe.app.com/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.app.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fjackson-lakewood%2Fjackson%2F2023%2F11%2F10%2Fjackson-township-makes-surprise-pick-for-open-council-seat%2F71523830007%2F&gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&gnt-eid=control |date=June 7, 2024 }}, ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', November 10, 2023. Accessed November 10, 2023. "Mordechai Burnstein, president of the Jackson Republican Club and planning board member, was appointed to the township council on Tuesday night, replacing former councilman Martin Flemming III, who resigned last month."</ref>

In May 2020, Council President Barry Calogero resigned from office from his term expiring in December 2020.<ref>Davis, Mike. [https://www.app.com/story/news/local/communitychange/2020/05/06/jackson-nj-barry-calogero-orthodox-coronavirus-phil-murphy/5173833002/ "Jackson council president resigns: 'Nothing to do' with coronavirus, National Guard comments"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607144153/https://www.app.com/story/news/local/communitychange/2020/05/06/jackson-nj-barry-calogero-orthodox-coronavirus-phil-murphy/5173833002/ |date=June 7, 2024 }}, ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', May 6, 2020. Accessed May 16, 2020. "Council President Barry Calogero is resigning from his post effective immediately but says it has 'nothing to do' with his call for the National Guard to enforce stay-at-home orders in Ocean County or backlash he received for comments and government actions critics said targeted the Orthodox Jewish community."</ref>

In January 2020, the Township Council appointed Martin Flemming III to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that became vacant following the resignation of Robert Nixon.<ref>[https://shorenewsnetwork.com/2020/01/03/jackson-appoints-lifelong-resident-business-owner-to-fill-vacated-council-seat/ "Jackson Appoints Lifelong Resident, Business Owner to Fill Vacated Council Seat"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225040052/https://shorenewsnetwork.com/2020/01/03/jackson-appoints-lifelong-resident-business-owner-to-fill-vacated-council-seat/ |date=February 25, 2020 }}, ''Shore News Network'', January 3, 2020. Accessed February 24, 2020. "Jackson Township Councilman Ken Bressi nominated multi-generational local small business owner Martin Flemming to serve on the five-member governing body to fill the seat vacated by Robert Nixon, who is at the center of a civil rights lawsuit against the township."</ref> Flemming resigned from the council in October 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/jackson/jackson-councilman-flemming-resigns/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.jerseyshoreonline.com |title=Jackson Councilman Flemming Resigns |date=November 2, 2023 |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106221907/https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/jackson/jackson-councilman-flemming-resigns/ |url-status=live }}</ref>