This New Jersey Globe story explains that New Jersey allows voters to register into any unqualified party that ever sued the state to obtain registration rights. The seven unqualified parties that have sued the state over registration are the Libertarian, Green, Natural Law, Reform, Constitution, Socialist, and Conservative Parties. Some of these parties no longer exist. But because the legislature has never enacted any law to determine which unqualified parties have registration rights, the original list remains in place, and there is no mechanism for a new minor party to apply for registration rights.

The article mentions the Moderate Party of New Jersey, which is suing the state over fusion. The Moderate Party says the State Constitution requires the state to allow two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate. Ironically, though, as the article mentions, the Moderate Party can’t even have registered members, because there is no law or regulation on how an unqualified party can get registration rights. Of course, the Moderate Party could sue the state to get registration rights, and presumably would win.