According to this story, the former Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Sharpe James, has filed a lawsuit in state court to obtain a place on the May 2022 ballot as a candidate for city council. A 2008 court order ruled that James could never again hold public office in New Jersey. The Mayor says there is a distinction between holding public office and running for public office, and he should be allowed to run, even if he could not be seated should he win the election.