Editing Mount Ephraim, New Jersey (section)

==Government==
===Local government===
Mount Ephraim has been governed under the [[Walsh Act]] by a three-member commission, since 1935. The borough is one of 30 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 governing body is comprised of three commissioners, who are elected [[at-large]] on a [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] basis in elections held as part of the November municipal election to serve concurrent terms of office. Each commissioner is assigned a department to oversee as part of their elected service and a mayor is selected by the commissioners from the three candidates elected.<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><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=8 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 8. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[http://slic.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF The Commission Form of Municipal Government] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811025109/http://slic.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF |date=2014-08-11 }}, p. 53. Accessed August 11, 2007.</ref> In January 2023, the commissioners voted to shift municipal elections from May to the November general election, citing the savings achieved as the cost of November elections are covered by the county while May elections are conducted at the expense of the municipality.<ref>[https://mountephraim-nj.com/news/public-hearing-on-ordinance-to-move-municipal-election-to-november/ "Ordinance Adopted to Move Municipal Election to November"], Borough of Mount Ephraim, January 23, 2023. Accessed June 8, 2023. "The Mayor and Commissioners adopted an ordinance at the February 2 commission meeting to move the municipal election from May to November. The reason for this change is because of the budget savings. May municipal elections are paid for entirely by the municipality whereas a lot of the costs of the November election are borne by Camden County. For this year, the town anticipates saving about $12,000 in election costs."</ref> Term-end dates for those commissioners serving when the ordinance was adopted were extended to December 2023.<ref>[https://mountephraim-nj.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ordinance-2023-01.pdf Ordinance Of The Borough Of Mount Ephraim, County Of Camden, State Of New Jersey, Changing The Day Of The Regular Municipal Election], Borough of Mount Ephraim. Accessed June 8, 2023. "BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the term of any person in office on the date of the adoption of this Ordinance shall be extended until the beginning of the term of the person elected to that office on the day of the general election in November."</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, Mount Ephraim's commissioners are 
Mayor Susan Carney (Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety), 
Michael Marrone (Commissioner of Public Works, Parks and Public Property)
Joseph Wolk (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance), all of whom are serving concurrent terms of office that end December 31, 2028.<ref name=Commissioners>[https://mountephraim-nj.com/commissioners/ Commissioners], Borough of Mount Ephraim. Accessed April 12, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://mountephraim-nj.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-Municipal-Budget.pdf 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Mount Ephraim. Accessed June 8, 2023.</ref><ref>Biryukov, Nikita. [https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/incumbents-re-elected-in-mt-ephraim/ "Incumbents narrowly re-elected in Mt. Ephraim Gies replaces retiring commissioner"], New Jersey Globe, May 14, 2019. Accessed September 18, 2019. "Incumbents have won re-election in Mt. Ephraim. Mayor Joseph Wolk and Commissioner Traz Tovinsky were re-elected Tuesday. George Gies, a newcomer running on their slate, won the seat held by Commissioner Andrew Gilmore, who did not seek re-election."</ref>

===Federal, state and county representation===
Mount Ephraim 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 5th 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#5 Districts by Number for 2011-2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

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===Politics===
As of March 2011, there were a total of 3,110 registered voters in Mount Ephraim, of which 1,402 (45.1%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 403 (13.0%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 1,305 (42.0%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were no voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-camden-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Camden], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed October 15, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 60.7% of the vote (1,278 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 37.7% (793 votes), and other candidates with 1.7% (35 votes), among the 2,131 ballots cast by the borough's 3,320 registered voters (25 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 64.2%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-camden.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Camden County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-camden.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Camden County|date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 58.6% of the vote (1,334 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]], who received around 37.6% (855 votes), with 2,275 ballots cast among the borough's 3,086 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.7%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-camden.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Camden County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed October 15, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 58.8% of the vote (1,309 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]], who received around 39.9% (888 votes), with 2,228 ballots cast among the borough's 2,982 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 74.7.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_camden_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Camden County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed October 15, 2012.</ref>

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In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 62.9% of the vote (753 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 35.9% (430 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (15 votes), among the 1,222 ballots cast by the borough's 3,353 registered voters (24 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 36.4%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-camden.pdf |title=Governor - Camden County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-camden.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Camden County|date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 47.3% of the vote (621 ballots cast), ahead of both Republican Chris Christie with 42.7% (560 votes) and Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 6.2% (81 votes), with 1,312 ballots cast among the borough's 3,127 registered voters, yielding a 42.0% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-camden.pdf 2009 Governor: Camden County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017225410/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-camden.pdf |date=2012-10-17 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed October 15, 2012.</ref>