 Mansfield Township is governed under the Township form of government, one of 141 of 565 municipalities statewide that use this form of government.The Township Committee is comprised of five members who are elected directly by the voters at-large in partisan elections to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either one or two seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.At an annual reorganization meeting, the Township Committee selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and another as Deputy Mayor.