Editing Hardwick Township, New Jersey (section)

=== Local government ===
Hardwick 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 governing body is comprised of a three-member Township Committee, whose members 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. 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 and another as Deputy Mayor.<ref>[https://www.hardwicktwp.com/departments/ Departments], Hardwick Township. Accessed June 21, 2022. "The Township Committee is comprised of three Committee members who are elected at large for staggered terms of office. Each year voters elect one of the members to a three (3) year term on the Township Committee. In January, the Committee reorganizes selecting one of its members to serve as the Mayor and a second member to serve as the Deputy Mayor."</ref>

{{As of|2023}} members of the Hardwick Township Committee are [[Mayor]] Chris Jacksic ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on committee ends December 31, 2024; term as mayor ends 2023), [[Deputy Mayor]] Nichole L. Meuse (R, term on committee ends 2025; term as deputy mayor ends 2023) and John C. Lovell Jr. (R, 2023).<ref name=Committee>[https://www.hardwicktwp.com/township-committee/], Hardwick Township. Accessed March 7, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.hardwicktwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-Introduced-Budget-Hardwick.pdf 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], Hardwick Township. Accessed June 21, 2022.</ref><ref name=Warren2022>[https://www.warrencountyvotes.com/home/showpublisheddocument/5368/638046410878670000 General Election November 8, 2022, Warren County Official Tally], [[Warren County, New Jersey]], updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</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>