Editing Byram Township, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
The Township of Byram is chartered under the [[Faulkner Act]] [[Faulkner Act (council–manager)|Council-Manager]] plan. The township is one of 42 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.<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> The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the five-member Township Council. All officials are elected on an [[at-large]] basis in [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] elections for four-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two seats (including the mayoral seat) or three seats up for election in odd-numbered years as part of the November general election, with terms beginning on January 1.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 110.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=12 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 12. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[http://byramtwp.org/index.php/town_hall/government/ Town Hall » Government], Byram Township. Accessed February 18, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://www.byramtwp.org/index.php/town_hall/government How Your Government Works], Byram Township. Accessed May 28, 2022. "The Township of Byram is chartered under the "Faulkner Act" (OMCL) Council-Manager plan. (NJSA 40:69A-81 et. seq.) Byram Township has a Mayor and 4 Council Members. The Mayor and all Council Members are elected at-large in Non-Partisan elections for 4-year staggered terms. Elected Officials enter office on January 1 following the Election Year."</ref> In August 2010, the township became the first in the state to shift its non-partisan elections from May to November as part of an effort to raise turnout and cut costs by combining the municipal election with the November general election; the first election under the new cycle took place in November 2011.<ref>Moszczynski, Joe. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/vernon_voters_to_decide_on_new.html "Vernon voters to decide on new form of government where mayor would assume new powers"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', October 3, 2010. Accessed February 18, 2013. "In Byram, the council voted in August to move its elections from May to November in an effort to cut costs and increase voter turnout."</ref><ref>Moszczynski, Joe. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/nj_municipalities_consider_mov.html "N.J. municipalities consider moving non-partisan elections from May to November"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', September 26, 2010. Accessed July 28, 2014. "Byram, in Sussex County, became the first municipality in the state to make the change, on Aug. 30, after the township council voted 3-2 to approve the move, which will take effect in November 2011, when three council seats will be up for grabs."</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, the Mayor of Byram Township is Alexander Rubenstein, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2025. Members of the Byram Township Council are Lisa A. "Cris" Franco (2027), John M. "Jack" Gallagher Jr. (2027), Richard Proctor (2027) and Harvey S. Roseff (2025).<ref name=Council>[https://www.byramtwp.org/index.php/town_hall/township_council Township Council], Byram Township. Accessed May 20, 2024. "Byram Township has a Mayor and 4 Council members. The Mayor and all Council Members are elected at-large in Non-Partisan elections for 4-year staggered terms. Elected Officials enter office on January 1 following the Election Year."</ref><ref>[https://www.byramtwp.org/useruploads/files/02252022%201904_introbudget_2022.pdf 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Byram Township. Accessed May 20, 2024.</ref><ref name=Sussex2023>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Nov-7-2023-GE-OFFICIAL-summary-rpt-with-write-ins-suppressed.pdf Summary Results Report Official Results November 7 2023 General Election], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], November 22, 2023. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Sussex2021>[https://sussexcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/official-11-22-21.pdf Summary Results Report November 2, 2021 General Election Official Results], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]], updated November 22, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref>