For the first time in decades, the ballot design that helped political bosses cement their power over New Jersey politics won’t be used by either party in next month’s crowded primary election for ...
Throughout their desperate last attempt to save New Jersey’s wobbling, boss-driven county machinery, Democratic Party lawyers relied on scare tactics. Changing the design of primary ballots this late ...
New Jersey's one-of-a-kind method of drawing primary ballots prompted some apparent skepticism from a federal judge as he considered a legal challenge claiming the system favors preferred candidates ...
Discussion in New Jersey political circles of the county line – the now-defunct ballot design system that gave an upper hand ...
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting New Jersey from using its “county line” ballot, a ruling that could significantly reshape the state’s political system. U.S. District ...
The primary election ballots used in New Jersey on June 4 will not be able to have the state's unique "county line" design that has long be criticized for giving favorable placement to candidates ...
Attorney General Matt Platkin referred to the current New Jersey ballot design as "unconstitutional" and told a federal judge that he doesn’t intend to defend them in court as part of the ongoing ...
Democratic voters in New Jersey will use the office block ballot design in the June primary after a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia affirmed an earlier ...
A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s decision to order New Jersey Democrats scrap a ballot design widely viewed as helping candidates with establishment backing. The 3rd ...