On June 26, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed A3902 into law. It alters election laws and campaign finance laws to take account of the fact that New Jersey is electing a Lieutenant Governor this year for the first time. Gubernatorial candidates choose their own Lieutenant Governor running mates, and each gubernatorial candidate must make that choice no later than July 26. The law requires the certification 30 days after the primary results were certified, and they were certified June 26.
The only two minor parties running gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey this year are the Libertarian and Socialist Parties.
Didn’t the Supreme Court in Bush vs. Gore in 2000 rule that it was illegal to change the rules of an election after the election had begun? Seems to me that this appears to be a violation of that ruling.
Here’s the letter I received today:
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Greg
Courts change the rules in the middle of elections constantly. When a court strikes down a ballot access law in the middle of a campaign season, that is a change. Also legislatures sometimes change election laws in the middle of the campaign season.