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===Local government=== Weymouth Township operates 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 three 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 one seat 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. 13.</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> {{As of|2023}}, members of the Weymouth Township Committee are Mayor Kenneth R. Haeser ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2022), Carl "Peter" Keiffenheim (R, 2023) and Edward G. Norton (R, 2025).<ref name=Committee>[https://www.weymouthnj.org/government/township_committee/index.php Township Committee], Weymouth Township. Accessed June 6, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://webgen1files1.revize.com/weymouthtownshipnj/0123_introbudget_2023%20-%20PDF.pdf 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Weymouth Township. Accessed June 6, 2023.</ref><ref name=Govt>[https://www.atlantic-county.org/county-government/municipalities.asp#weymouthtownship Municipal Government], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey]]. Accessed June 6, 2023.</ref><ref name=Atlantic2022>[https://www.atlanticcountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2022-General-Election-Results-Amended-v.1.pdf 2022 General Election Results - Amended], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic County]] Clerk, updated December 5, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Atlantic2021>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Atlantic/111509/web.278093/#/summary General Election November 2, 2021 Official Results], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey]], updated January 4, 2022. Accessed February 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Atlantic2020>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Atlantic/107166/web.264614/#/summary November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey]], update January 4, 2021. Accessed February 1, 2021.</ref> Republican Sean O'Brikis resigned from the Township Committee in October 2010 and then had to resign again after winning re-election unopposed in the November election.<ref>Procida, Lee. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/weymouth-township-committeeman-to-resign-for-second-time-in-matter/article_294efaee-eb90-11df-8daa-001cc4c03286.html "Weymouth Township committeeman to resign for second time in matter of weeks"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', November 8, 2010. Accessed November 20, 2013. "Two weeks after resigning from the Weymouth Township Committee for family reasons, Sean O'Brikis won re-election in his unopposed local race last week. Once the county Clerk's Office certifies those election results this week, O'Brikis will have to submit yet another resignation as committeeman-elect."</ref> The committee selected Kenneth Haeser to fill the vacant seat, though Haeser lost to Democrat Dennis Doyle in the November 2011 general election to fill the balance of the term vacated by O'Brikis.<ref name=Atlantic2011>[http://www.aclink.org/elections/results_11_11/Election%20Result.htm Atlantic County General Election November 8, 2011], Atlantic County, New Jersey. Accessed November 20, 2013.</ref><ref>Procida, Lee. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/politics/weymouth-township-council-candidates-focus-on-stability-future/article_7d7b59be-fb5c-11e0-a447-001cc4c03286.html?TNNoMobile "Weymouth Township Council candidates focus on stability, future"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', October 20, 2011. Accessed November 20, 2013. "For the unexpired term, incumbent Republican Kenneth Haeser is running against Democrat Dennis Doyle. Haeser was appointed to the term shortly after former committeeman Sean O'Brikis resigned last year."</ref>
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