New Jersey holds presidential primaries for the Republican and Democratic Parties on June 5. Presidential candidates need 1,000 signatures to appear.

The Republican ballot will include Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum. The Democratic ballot will include only President Obama. Randall Terry submitted 1,765 signatures to be on the Democratic Party presidential primary, but some of his signatures were rejected because the circulator is not a registered Democrat. When his petitions circulated by non-Democrats were set aside, that left him with only 1,080 signatures. Then, his petition was challenged, and more invalid signatures were found.

Although courts have struck down residency requirements for circulators, no court has yet struck down a state law that says primary petitions can only be circulated by members of that party. Thanks to William Fenwick for this news.