Editing Gloucester Township, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
Gloucester Township is governed within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Mayor-Council]] system of New Jersey municipal government plan B, as implemented as of July 1, 1982, based on direct petition.<ref>[http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040522/http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf |date=October 12, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], July 2007. Accessed October 14, 2013.</ref> The township is one of 71 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 township's governing body is comprised of the mayor and the seven-member township council, all of whom are elected on an [[at-large]] basis in partisan elections to serve four-year terms of office. Either three or four council seats come up for election in odd-numbered years as part of the November general election, with the mayoral seat up for vote the same year that three council seats are up for vote.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 24.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 10. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

{{As of|2020}}, the [[Mayor]] of Gloucester Township is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[David R. Mayer]], whose term of office ends December 31, 2021. Members of the Township Council are Council President Orlando Mercado (D, 2023), Council Vice President Tracey L. Trotto (D, 2023), [[Dan Hutchison]] (D, 2025), Carolyn Grace (D, 2025), Michael D. Mignone (D, 2023), Andrea L. Stubbs (D, 2023) and Michelle L. Winters (D, 2025).<ref name=Officials>[https://glotwp.com/official/elected/ Elected Officials], Gloucester Township. Accessed July 11, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://1aru2n2mann92zhw3i19aiql-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/GT-2022-Introduced-Budget.pdf 2022 Municipal Data Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618222640/https://1aru2n2mann92zhw3i19aiql-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/GT-2022-Introduced-Budget.pdf |date=June 18, 2022 }}, Gloucester Township. Accessed July 11, 2022.</ref><ref name=Camden2021>[https://www.camdencounty.com/wp-content/elections/general2021/2021-General-Election-Canvasser.pdf 2021 General Election November 2, 2021 Official Election Results], [[Camden County, New Jersey]], update November 15, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Camden2019>[https://www.camdencounty.com/wp-content/elections/general2019/results/2019-General-Election-Canvasser.pdf Official Election Results 2019 General Election November 5, 2019], [[Camden County, New Jersey]], updated November 15, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>