New Jersey Trial Court Upholds Discriminatory Ballot Format in Primaries

On April 4, a New Jersey state trial court upheld New Jersey’s discriminatory ballot order (in some counties) for primary elections. See this story. The primary candidates endorsed by the party are all grouped together in a single column in the main part of the ballot. Candidates who are not part of the organization’s slate, but who have their own slate, are placed in another column to the right. But candidates who are not part of any slate are placed on the far-right portion of the ballot, where voters may not even notice their names.

See this editorial in the South Jersey Times about the lawsuit.


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