New Jersey does not permit out-of-state circulators for primary petitions. The Third Circuit will hear a challenge to that law on January 23, 2018, Wilmuth v Guadagno, 17-1925. The plaintiff filed the case in 2016, wanting to circulate primary petitions for a Democratic presidential candidate. The state argued that if someone from outside New Jersey were allowed to do that, that would violate the associational rights of the Democratic Party. However, the Democratic Party has no bylaw on that subject, and did not intervene in the case. Nevertheless, the U.S. District Court ruled against Wilmuth, without even writing an opinion, back on March 24, 2017. Wilmuth is appealing to the Third Circuit.