No

Who gets to choose the important first or second line “party line” (Democrat and Republican) in a partisan township that gives a great advantage in the election?

A partisan form of government is not about finding out what parties candidates belong to – it is about parties picking the candidates.

In Partisan elections, only members of the political parties choose the nominees.  Unaffiliated voters or minor party voters do not get a say in the choice.

In West Windsor, where a large number of voters belong to neither party, that means a minority of voters will get to vote in a primary to pick the eventual winner.  In most partisan towns it is game over once the party candidate in the larger of the two parties is chosen – frequently, as in Plainsboro or Princeton, there is not even a choice on election day in local races!

In West Windsor only 43% of the voters may get to choose for everybody else if we change to partisan, assuming there is even a primary race.  If there is no primary challenge, only a handful will get to choose your local elected officials.  Many of that handful are leading the fight to make West Windsor partisan again.