Chris Daggett Sues New Jersey Over Discriminatory Ballot Format

On September 18, Chris Daggett, independent candidate for Governor of New Jersey in the November 2009 election, filed a lawsuit in state court, alleging that the ballot design in most New Jersey counties severely discriminates against candidates (in the general election) who are not the nominees of a qualified party. No party except the Republican and Democratic Parties has been a qualified party in New Jersey since 1920. Most counties have a column headed “Republican Party” and a column headed “Democratic Party”, and a third column (or several columns) headed “Nomination by petition.” It is easy to overlook voters in the “Nomination by Petition” column. The case is Olson v Corzine, filed in Morris County. UPDATE: Ken Kaplan, the Libertarian candidate for Governor, is a co-plaintiff. See this story.


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