Editing Liberty Township, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
[[File:Liberty Township, NJ municipal building, Nov. 2024.jpg|thumb|right|Liberty Township Municipal Building]]
Liberty Township is governed under the [[Township (New Jersey)|Township]] form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 141 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the second-most commonly used form of government in the state.<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 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.

{{As of|2022}}, members of the Liberty Township Committee are [[Mayor]] John E. Inscho ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2022), Deputy Mayor Daniel B. Grover (R, term on committee and as deputy mayor ends 2022), Peter Karcher (R, 2023), David Rogers (R, 2022) and Wayne Spangenberg (R, 2023).<ref name=Officials>[https://www.libertytownship.org/municipal/officials/index.html Officials & Contact Info], Liberty Township. Accessed March 2, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.libertytownship.org/municipal/finance/2022/2114_certifiedintrobudget_2022.pdf#page=15 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Liberty Township. Accessed June 21, 2022.</ref><ref name=Warren2021>[https://www.warrencountyvotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/3284/637729175316070000 Summary Results Report 2021 General Election November 2, 2021 Official Results], Warren County, New Jersey, updated November 18, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Warren2020>[https://www.warrencountyvotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/2484/637648299297000000 Warren County 2020 General Election November 20, 2020 Official Results], Warren County, New Jersey, updated November 20, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref name=Warren2019>[https://www.warrencountyvotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/2470/637642013517370000 General Election November 5, 2019, Warren County Official Tally], [[Warren County, New Jersey]], updated November 12, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>

Carl Cummins was appointed to fill the vacant seat of John Fisher, who had died in September 2013, after the deadline to remove his name from the ballot and who won a seat in the November 2013 general election. Fisher's term of office runs until December 2016.<ref>Lee, Christine. [http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/01/liberty_township_appoints_carl.html "Liberty Township appoints Carl Cummins to fill committee vacancy"], ''[[The Express Times]]'', January 8, 2014. Accessed November 3, 2014. "Liberty Township officials appointed Committeeman Carl Cummins to replace the late John Fisher during Tuesday's township committee reorganization meeting.Fisher, the township's former deputy mayor, died Sept. 22 after the deadline to remove his name from the November ballot."</ref> Cummins served on an interim basis until the November 2014 general election when he was elected to serve the balance of the term.<ref name=Warren2014>[http://www.co.warren.nj.us/Elections/includings/2014_General_Final_Summary_with_Write_ins.pdf General Election November 4, 2014 Warren County Official Tally], [[Warren County, New Jersey]], updated November 10, 2014. Accessed August 7, 2016.</ref>