Editing Montville, New Jersey (section)

==Government==

===Local government===
Montville is governed under a [[Special charter (New Jersey)|special charter]], which was granted by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] in 1867 and retains many characteristics of the [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] form of government; it is one of 12 municipalities (of the 564) statewide governed by a special charter.<ref>Kosta, Don. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/montville-township-committee-reorganizes-for-2014-1.685287 "Montville Township Committee reorganizes for 2014"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703063532/http://www.northjersey.com/news/montville-township-committee-reorganizes-for-2014-1.685287 |date=2015-07-03 }}, ''Neighbor News'' (Montville edition), January 8, 2014. Accessed June 29, 2015. "Of the 565 municipalities in New Jersey, Montville is only one of 12 to operate under a special charter. In Montville's form of government, none of the five Committee members have any additional authority over the rest. They operate as a committee of five with majority rule."</ref><ref>Egenton, Michael A. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160112170825/http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH5.PDF "Special Charters"]}} from ''Modern Forms of Municipal Government'' via [[New Jersey State Library]]. Accessed June 29, 2015.</ref><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''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=15 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 15. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The Township Committee is comprised of five members, who are elected directly by the voters [[at-large]] in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.<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=7 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 7. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor. The Township Administrator serves as the chief administrative and executive officer for the organization and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of all municipal departments.<ref name=About>[http://www.montville-township.org/about/index.shtml About Montville]. Montville Township. Accessed June 6, 2008.</ref>

{{As of|2023}}, Montville's Township Committee is comprised of [[Mayor]] Matthew S. Kayne ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee and as mayor ends December 31, 2023), [[Deputy mayor]] Frank W. Cooney (R, term on committee ends 2024; term as deputy mayor ends 2023), Richard D. Conklin (R, 2025), Richard A. Cook (R, 2025) and June Witty (R, 2023).<ref name=Committee>[https://www.montvillenj.org/242/Township-Committee Township Committee], Montville Township. Accessed April 26, 2023. "The Montville Township Committee is the governing body of the municipality and is comprised of five elected officials. They establish the laws and policies for the Township. The Mayor and the Deputy Mayor are members of the Township Committee and are elected annually by the full Committee."</ref><ref>[http://montvillenj.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/273 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Montville Township. Accessed April 26, 2023.</ref><ref name=MorrisManual>[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/v/3/manual/mc-manual-2024-web-040924.pdf#page=45 ''Morris County Manual 2024''], [[Morris County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed May 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=MorrisOfficials>[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/v/9/elections/2024-municipal-elected-officials-032224.pdf ''Morris County Municipal Elected Officials For The Year 2024''], [[Morris County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated March 20, 2024. Accessed May 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Morris2022>[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/elections/past-results/2022-general-municipality-report-official.pdf General Election November 8, 2022, Official Results], [[Morris County, New Jersey]], updated November 28, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Morris2021>[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/elections/past-results/2021-general-winners-121421.pdf General Election Winners For November 2, 2021], [[Morris County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Morrs2020>[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/elections/past-results/2020-general-summary-report-official.pdf General Election 2020 November 3, 2020 Summary Report Official Results], [[Morris County, New Jersey]], updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref>

A [[Charter Study Commission]] was approved by the voters on November 8, 2005, to investigate possible changes to Montville's form of government.<ref>Lynch, Sarah N. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108014057/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/access/1774871361.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+13,+2005&author=Sarah+N+Lynch&pub=Daily+Record&desc=Charter+group+to+review+Montville+government+setup&pqatl=google "Charter group to review Montville government setup"]}}, ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', December 13, 2005. Accessed September 19, 2011.</ref> The commission voted 4–1 against making any modifications.

The Montville [[Municipal Court]] is the judicial branch of government. The Court has original jurisdiction over Motor vehicle violations local ordinance offenses, petty disorderly person offenses, disorderly person offenses, fish and game violations, traffic and criminal offenses, weights and measure violations, and citizen complaints.<ref name="Municipal Court">{{cite web |title=Montville Municipal Court |url=https://www.montvillenj.org/183/Municipal-Court |website=Montville Township |access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref>

===Federal, state and county representation===
Montville is located in the 11th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 26th state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2011>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>[https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf ''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''], New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#26 Districts by Number for 2011-2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

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===Politics===
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As of June 2021, there were a total of 17,735 registered voters in Montville Township, of which 4,446 (25%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 6,490 (36.5%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], with the majority of the remaining 6,799 (38.3%) registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Morris County 2021 Primary Election Municipality Report|url=https://morriscountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-Primary-Municipality-Report-Official.pdf}}</ref>

In the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], Republican [[Donald Trump]] received 50.86% of the vote (7,199 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Joe Biden]] with 47.63% (6,742 votes), and other candidates with 1.5% (213 votes).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Morris County Clerk 2020 General Election Municipality Report|url=https://morriscountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-General-Municipality-Report-Official.pdf}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016 presidential election]], Republican Donald Trump received 55.1% of the vote (6,440 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] with 42.5% (4,939 votes), and other candidates with 2.7% (311 votes), among the 11,690 ballots cast.<ref name="2016Elections">{{cite web |url=http://state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-morris.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 8, 2016 - Morris County |date=December 14, 2016 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=April 2, 2020}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 60.4% of the vote (6,460 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 38.3% (4,101 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (142 votes), among the 10,749 ballots cast by the township's 15,001 registered voters (46 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 71.7%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-morris.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Morris County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-morris.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Morris County|date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Republican [[John McCain]] received 57.8% of the vote (6,720 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 41.0% (4,761 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (84 votes), among the 11,623 ballots cast by the township's 14,890 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.1%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-morris.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Morris County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 19, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 59.0% of the vote (6,605 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 40.0% (4,483 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (77 votes), among the 11,203 ballots cast by the township's 14,582 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 76.8.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_morris_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Morris County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 19, 2012.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 74.7% of the vote (4,703 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 24.1% (1,515 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (74 votes), among the 6,389 ballots cast by the township's 14,958 registered voters (97 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 42.7%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-morris.pdf |title=Governor - Morris County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-morris.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Morris County|date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Republican Chris Christie received 61.6% of the vote (4,679 ballots cast), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 30.0% (2,278 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 6.8% (513 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (69 votes), among the 7,593 ballots cast by the township's 14,526 registered voters, yielding a 52.3% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-morris.pdf 2009 Governor: Morris County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017231210/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-morris.pdf |date=2012-10-17 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 19, 2012.</ref>