Third Circuit Hearing Goes Well in Case on Out-of-State Circulators for Primary Petitions

On January 23, the Third Circuit heard arguments in Wilmoth v New Jersey, 17-1925. The issue is a state law making it illegal for out-of-state circulators to work on primary petitions. In 2016 the plaintiffs wanted to help certain Republican and Democratic presidential candidates get on the New Jersey presidential primary ballots, but the plaintiffs don’t live in New Jersey. The lower court had upheld the ban. The Third Circuit seems very likely to reverse. The three judges were Thomas Hardiman, Thomas Vanaskie, and Patty Shwartz.


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