N.J. Stat. § 40:45-2
Nothing in this article shall apply to elections of commissioners in municipalities governed by the provisions of subtitle four of this Title (s. 40:70-1 et seq.), or to the election of councilmen in municipalities governed by the provisions of subtitle five of this Title (s. 40:79-1 et seq.), or to the election of municipal officers in those municipalities governed by the provisions of the optional municipal charter law for which a different date for the holding of municipal elections is provided by that law, or to the election of commissioners in municipalities the boundaries of which are not coterminous or coextensive with the boundaries of the township of which they are a part, and whose elective or appointive officers are not authorized by law to assess and collect taxes, or to elections in any village in which elections are provided by law to be held at another time, nor shall it apply to any member of any board of education or school trustee.
N.J.S. § 40:45-2