Federal judge blocks New Jersey ballot design, saying it favors party-backed candidates
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A federal judge is agreeing to block New Jersey’s unique primary ballot design.
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A federal judge threw out a controversial ballot design for New Jersey elections Friday that critics said benefitted party-backed candidates over insurgent challengers
New Jersey is the only state that allows county parties to place the candidates they back in prominent positions on primary ballots – a system known as “the line." A judge called it unconstitutional.
A judge granted New Jersey Democratic Senate candidate and Rep. Andy Kim's request for a new ballot design, dealing a blow to the state's political machine.
The primary election ballots used in New Jersey on June 4 will not be able to have the state's unique 'county line' design that has long be criticized for giving favorable placement to candidates supported by party establishments, a federal judge ruled Friday.
Voting rights advocates scored a major victory Friday in New Jersey when a federal judge struck down the use of a controversial primary ballot design that favored party-backed candidates.
A federal judge agreed Friday to block New Jersey's primary ballot design, widely panned as being deliberately structured to boost candidates favored by their parties' establishment.
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