{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-69a-34.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:69A-34.2","heading":"Council members; election at large or by ward","body":"Any municipality adopting a mayor-council plan of government shall provide in its charter either:\na.   That the council members shall be elected at large by the voters of the municipality at the regular municipal election, or general election, as the charter shall provide; or\nb.   That the municipality shall be divided into wards pursuant to the authority granted in section 1-13 or 1-19 (C.40:69A-13 or 40:69A-19); that council members shall be elected at large and by wards at the regular municipal election or general election, as the charter shall provide; and that no more than one council member shall be elected from each ward established in the municipality, and all other council members shall be elected at large.\nL.1981, c.465, s.17; amended 1989,c.221,s.2.","path":["TITLE 40 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"9bb20b58c704d9eea5b62447169c844938a13674bc49c521cbc82e8fa0e5c086","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-69a-34.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-69a-34.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}