Belleville, Nutley Voter Guides: 2024 Municipal Elections

BELLEVILLE-NUTLEY, NJ — The fate of the local governments in Belleville and Nutley will be in the hands of local voters this week when the two towns head to the polls for their 2024 nonpartisan municipal election.

Belleville and Nutley's local elections will take place on Tuesday, May 14. Polls will open at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. See a sample ballot for Belleville here, and see a sample ballot for Nutley here.

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Read the Essex County clerk’s municipal guide to voting here. Learn more about voting in New Jersey here, and find your local polling place here.

Want to get caught up before you head to the polls? Here’s what is at stake in 2024.

BELLEVILLE

There are four seats on Belleville's town council up for election. Terms last for four years. Candidates do not declare party affiliations in a non-partisan municipal election.

The candidate list in Belleville includes:

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐝

• Tracy Juanita Williams
• Patricia Inaugurato

𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐝

• Frank Velez
• Victor Mesce
• Gary Hinton

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐝

• Vincent Cozzarelli

𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐝

• Michael Sheldon
• Diana Guardabasco

NUTLEY

There are five seats on Nutley's board of town commissioners up for election. Terms last for four years.

Voters will get to choose from among seven candidates in Nutley:

• Thomas Evans
• Joseph Scarpelli
• John Kelley III
• Alphonse Petracco
• Lorenzo Marchese
• Maria Hamlin
• Mauro Tucci

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