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20 towns will hold their local elections on Tuesday.

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Voters in Newark, Paterson and 18 other towns and cities will head to the polls to choose new mayors and/or council members.

Newark will be selecting its first mayor to a full term since former Mayor Cory Booker left City Hall as New Jersey's newest U.S. senator this fall.

The polls will be open from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. throughout the state.

Residents can find their polling location here.

The Newark city clerk's office will be posting results on newarkelection2014.com. Voters can also keep abreast of election news through the city clerk's new mobile application.

Here's where the elections will be held:

• Atlantic: Brigantine

• Bergen: Ridgewood, Teaneck and Teterboro

• Burlington: Medford Lakes

• Cape May: Ocean City

• Essex: Newark, Belleville, Irvington and Orange

• Hudson: Bayonne, Union City and Weehawken

• Mercer: Trenton

• Monmouth: Highlands, Keansburg and Long Branch

• Passaic: Paterson

• Sussex: Newton

Many counties have moved local elections from May to November as a cost-saving measure. The counties that have eliminated May elections are Middlesex, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Somerset, Morris, Warren, Union, Salem and Ocean.

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