November 01, 2024
Ten more New Jersey counties have agreed or tentatively agreed to stop using the Garden State's long-standing "county line" ballot design in primary elections, according to a flurry of recent filings, signaling the end of Rep. Andy Kim's challenge to the controversial ballot design.
October 24, 2024
Two more New Jersey counties have agreed to stop using the Garden State's long-standing "county line" ballot design in primary elections, according to a Thursday order, bringing to six the total number of counties that have settled with Rep. Andy Kim in his suit challenging the controversial ballot design.
October 03, 2024
New Jersey's Warren County has agreed to stop using the Garden State's long-standing "county line" ballot design in primary elections, according to a Thursday order, making it the third county in the state to settle with Rep. Andy Kim and two Democratic congressional candidates in their suit challenging the controversial ballot design.
April 17, 2024
The Third Circuit on Wednesday backed a federal judge's order barring New Jersey's long-standing ballot design in the upcoming Democratic primary, finding that the unique design is discriminatory and severely burdens the rights of non-endorsed candidates.
April 12, 2024
A three-judge federal appellate panel on Friday didn't appear to buy a New Jersey political group's argument that a federal judge's order barring the state's long-standing ballot design in the upcoming Democratic primary election infringed its right to associate with candidates.
April 05, 2024
New Jersey county clerks have dropped their appeals of a federal order barring the use of the longstanding but controversial "county line" ballot design in the upcoming Democratic primary election, leaving just one county political organization challenging the order.
April 03, 2024
A federal appellate court panel refused Wednesday to block a district court order requiring New Jersey to change the layout of its ballot before the June 4 primary, even though some county clerks who are responsible for preparing the ballots argued that it was not feasible to make the changes in time.
April 02, 2024
A New Jersey federal judge has rejected a bid from Garden State county clerks and a county political organization to stay his Friday ruling that barred the use of a longstanding but controversial ballot design in the upcoming Democratic primary election, ruling the parties raised the same arguments the court previously considered.
March 29, 2024
A New Jersey federal judge on Friday granted U.S. Rep. Andy Kim's request to order a redesign of the Garden State's election ballots prior to the state's Democratic primary election, a decision that could be the death knell for the state's controversial "county line."
March 21, 2024
With a contentious lawsuit about ballot layouts for the New Jersey primary election making its way through federal court, top Democratic and Republican state lawmakers issued an unusual joint public statement this week saying that the legislature should determine ballot design and that they would launch a "public process" on redesign.