Editing Palmyra, New Jersey (section)

==Government==

===Local government===
Palmyra is governed under the [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<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 a mayor and a borough council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year 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. 38.</ref> The borough form of government used by Palmyra is a "[[weak mayor]] / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can [[veto]] ordinances subject to an [[veto override|override]] by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. [http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924045019/http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html |date=2014-09-24 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]]. Accessed November 30, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=6 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 6. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, the [[mayor]] of Palmyra Borough is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Gina Ragomo Tait, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2027. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Timothy S. Howard (D, 2027), Natashia Latimore (D, 2025), John Liebe (D, 2025), Jessica O'Connor (D, 2026; appointed to serve an unexpired term), and Sean O'Connell (D, 2026). As of April 2025, a seat is vacant.<ref name=GoverningBody>[http://boroughofpalmyra.com/governing-body Governing Body], Borough of Palmyra. Accessed April 24, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://boroughofpalmyra.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022certified-introduced-budget.pdf#page=10 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Palmyra. Accessed August 3, 2022.</ref><ref name=Burlington2022>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Burlington/116176/web.307039/#/summary November 8, 2022 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 29, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Burlington2021>[https://press.co.burlington.nj.us/PRESS/ElectionArchive//2021/General//2021_G_OFFICIAL_Summary.pdf November 2, 2021 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 18, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Burlington2020>[https://press.co.burlington.nj.us/PRESS/ElectionArchive//2020//2020_GEN_Official_Summary_Report.pdf November 3, 2020 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 23, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref name=Burlington2019>[https://press.co.burlington.nj.us/PRESS/ElectionArchive//2019//Summary%20Report_OFFICIAL_R_w_ADD.pdf November 5, 2019 Summary Report Burlington County Official Results], [[Burlington County, New Jersey]], updated November 16, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>

In February 2023, the borough council appointed Jessica O'Connor to fill the seat expiring in December 2023 that had been held by Brandon Allmond.<ref>[https://boroughofpalmyra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/February-21-2023-Regular-Council-Meeting-Minutes.pdf Borough CouncilMeeting Minutes for February 21, 2023], Borough of Palmyra. Accessed April 24, 2023. "Mrs. McCann nominated Jessica O’Connor to fill the vacant seat of Brandon Allmond. No more nominations, Mayor Tait requested a motion to approve Resolution 2023-85, Appointing Jessica O’Connor as a councilmember to fill a council seat vacancy."</ref>

In April 2022, the borough council selected Natashia Latimore from a list of three names nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Farrah Jenkins until she resigned from office the precious month.<ref>[https://boroughofpalmyra.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/April-4th-2022-Council-Caucus-Meeting-Minutes-.pdf Council Caucus Meeting Minutes for April 4th, 2022], Borough of Palmyra. Accessed August 3, 2022. "Mayor Tait requested a motion to accept the resignation of Councilwoman, Farrah Jenkins effective March 24th, 2022.... Ms. Rossignol’s email gave the following three candidates names to fill the vacant seat of Councilwoman Farrah Jenkins.... President Howard nominated Natashia Denise Latimore to fill the vacant seat of Farrah Jenkins.... Mr. Rosenberg swore in Natasha Denise Latimore to the position of Council woman, with her daughter Kaylah Latimore holding the bible, in the presence of her family."</ref>

In February 2020, Laura Craig Cloud was sworn in to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that was vacated by Gina Tait when she resigned her seat to take office as mayor the previous month.<ref>[http://boroughofpalmyra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/February-3rd-2020-Council-Caucus-Meeting-Minutes.pdf Meeting Minutes for February 3, 2020], Borough of Palmyra. Accessed May 13, 2020. "Dr. Laura Craig Cloud was sworn in as Councilmember filling the unexpired seat of Gina Tait, term to expire December 31, 2020."</ref>
In February 2016, the borough council selected Edward Kearney from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the council seat expiring in December 2016 that became vacant when Michelle Arnold took office as mayor.<ref>[http://boroughofpalmyra.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2-1-16-COUNCIL-MINUTES.pdf Borough Council Minutes February 1, 2016], Borough of Palmyra. Accessed June 22, 2016. "Council Vacancy-Mayor Arnold explained that the Republican Party submitted the three names to council as required.... President Norcross made a motion to appoint Edward Kearney to fill the unexpired term, Mr. Yetter second the motion."</ref>

In October 2015, the borough council selected Bryan Norcross to fill the vacant seat expiring in December 2016 of Adam Nowicki, who had resigned from office the previous month.<ref>McHale, Todd. [http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/local/palmyra-loses-a-member-of-the-governing-body/article_9b847776-5bf5-11e5-8c66-ef9bfa234b2d.html "Palmyra loses a member of the governing body"], ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', September 15, 2015. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Councilman Adam Nowicki has decided to give up his seat on the governing body."</ref><ref>[http://boroughofpalmyra.com/councilman-nowicki-to-resign-from-borough-council "Councilman Nowicki to resign from Borough Council — Update: Bryan Norcross Appointed To Fill Seat!"]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Borough of Palmyra, October 6, 2015. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Monday evening, October 5th: Bryan Norcross was appointed by the governing body to fill the seat left vacant since the resignation of former councilman Adam Nowicki on September 15th. Councilman Norcross will serve the balance of the unexpired term, which ends on December 31, 2016."</ref>

Gina Ragomo Tait was appointed in February 2013 to serve until the November general election, filling the seat of Council President Kenneth Brahl, who had resigned during the previous month due to work and education obligations.<ref>McHale, Todd. [https://archive.today/20131030210335/http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/burlington_county_times_news/new-council-member-takes-seat-in-palmyra/article_14bbcd85-ebe7-5b9c-8884-9cee037b8f2e.html New council member takes seat in Palmyra"], ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', February 20, 2013. Accessed October 30, 2013. "Gina Ragomo Tait has been called a 'quiet volunteer' and a 'self-starter,' and now she's a councilwoman.... Tait took over a seat that became open after council President Kenneth Brahl resigned in January because of work commitments and his plan to continue his education at night. Her term will run until the general election in November, when she can run for the seat.</ref>

===Federal, state and county representation===
Palmyra is located in the 1st 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 7th 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#7 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 March 2011, there were a total of 4,736 registered voters in Palmyra, of which 1,864 (39.4% vs. 33.3% countywide) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 972 (20.5% vs. 23.9%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 1,892 (39.9% vs. 42.8%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 8 voters registered as [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarians]] or [[Green Party (United States)|Greens]].<ref name=VoterRegistration>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-burlington-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Burlington], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 28, 2014.</ref> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 64.0% (vs. 61.7% in Burlington County) were registered to vote, including 79.6% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 80.3% countywide).<ref name=VoterRegistration/><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212202223/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 |date=2020-02-12 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 28, 2014.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 2,308 votes here (62.7% vs. 58.1% countywide), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 1,287 votes (35.0% vs. 40.2%) and other candidates with 55 votes (1.5% vs. 1.0%), among the 3,679 ballots cast by the borough's 4,939 registered voters, for a turnout of 74.5% (vs. 74.5% in Burlington County).<ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-burlington.pdf Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Burlington County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226071200/http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-burlington.pdf |date=December 26, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 28, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-burlington.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Burlington County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226070921/http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-burlington.pdf |date=December 26, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 28, 2014.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 2,429 votes here (62.5% vs. 58.4% countywide), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 1,358 votes (35.0% vs. 39.9%) and other candidates with 64 votes (1.6% vs. 1.0%), among the 3,884 ballots cast by the borough's 4,790 registered voters, for a turnout of 81.1% (vs. 80.0% in Burlington County).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-burlington.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Burlington County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 28, 2014.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 2,138 votes here (58.3% vs. 52.9% countywide), ahead of Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 1,448 votes (39.5% vs. 46.0%) and other candidates with 36 votes (1.0% vs. 0.8%), among the 3,667 ballots cast by the borough's 4,770 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.9% (vs. 78.8% in the whole county).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_burlington_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Burlington County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 28, 2014.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 1,327 votes here (57.6% vs. 61.4% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 879 votes (38.2% vs. 35.8%) and other candidates with 41 votes (1.8% vs. 1.2%), among the 2,304 ballots cast by the borough's 4,902 registered voters, yielding a 47.0% turnout (vs. 44.5% in the county).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-burlington.pdf 2013 Governor: Burlington County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, January 29, 2014. Accessed December 28, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-burlington.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 5, 2013 General Election Results : Burlington County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, January 29, 2014. Accessed December 28, 2014.</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 1,166 ballots cast (50.2% vs. 44.5% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 969 votes (41.7% vs. 47.7%), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 132 votes (5.7% vs. 4.8%) and other candidates with 32 votes (1.4% vs. 1.2%), among the 2,321 ballots cast by the borough's 4,859 registered voters, yielding a 47.8% turnout (vs. 44.9% in the county).<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-burlington.pdf 2009 Governor: Burlington County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113013520/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-burlington.pdf |date=2016-01-13 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 28, 2014.</ref>