It's election day in some New Jersey communities — but not as many as in years past.

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Voters in 73 school districts go to the polls Tuesday to decide school budgets and elect school board members.

The annual April school election, though, is quickly becoming a relic of the past.

Under a new state law, districts can avoid an up-or-down public vote on their spending plans by moving their elections to November. More than 400 districts have already made the change.

Poll hours vary by district in the places where the elections are still being held.

 

New Jersey Districts Conducting School Elections on April 17

 

Source: NJ School Boards Association

County

Number of April School ElectionsNames of Districts
Atlantic2Atlantic City, Hammonton
Bergen20Cliffside Park, Closter, East Rutherford, Emerson, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fairview, Garfield, Hackensack, Harrington Park, Lodi, Midland Park, Norwood, Oakland, Palisades Park, Ramsey, Ridgewood, Rutherford, South Hackensack, Wood-Ridge
Burlington0

 

Camden1Haddon Heights
Cape May0
Cumberland1Bridgeton
Essex6Bloomfield, Belleville, Glen Ridge, Irvington, Newark*, South Orange/Maplewood*
Gloucester5Delsea Regional, Franklin, Greenwich, Paulsboro, Monroe
Hudson4Jersey City, North Bergen, Secaucus, Weehawken
Hunterdon1Readington
Mercer4Hopewell Valley Regional, Lawrence, Princeton, West Windsor-Plainsboro
Middlesex4Cranbury, Edison, Metuchen, Sayreville
Monmouth2Marlboro, Neptune Township
Morris8Chatham, Hanover Township, Mendham Township, Morris School District, Mountain Lakes, Pequannock, Riverdale, Rockaway Borough
Ocean1Lakewood
Passaic8Haledon, Hawthorne, North Haledon, Passaic, Passaic County Manchester Regional, Paterson*, Totowa, West Milford
Salem1Salem City
Somerset2Hillsborough, Montgomery
Sussex1Fredon
Union0-
Warren2Allamuchy, Greenwich
Total73

* Of the school districts eligible to move their elections to November, 70 school districts retained April elections, where voters will select candidates to serve on the school board and decide their district’s base budget. Three additional districts – Newark, Paterson and South Orange/Maplewood – will conduct board member elections on April 17, but do not place their proposed budgets on the ballot.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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