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The results suggest that structuring ballots around the county line impacts election outcomes by steering voters towards specific candidates. The county line also increases voter confusion,
Mar 29, 2024 · In a monumental decision that could forever alter primary elections in New Jersey, U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi on Friday struck down the county organizational line, a unique ballot design that puts enormous power in the hands of the county leaders of the party. What does that mean? Read more from ROI-NJ: End of ‘the line’?
- Tom Bergeron
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Apr 17, 2024 · A federal appeals court upheld a preliminary injunction barring the use of the county line in June’s Democratic primaries, rejecting a request from the Camden County Democratic Committee to lift restraints on a ballot design a lower court judge found is likely unconstitutional.
Apr 18, 2024 · A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld an injunction preventing the use of the state’s unique “county-line” ballot design, all but ensuring Democrats will make their primary election choices in June on ballots with a standard office-block design.
Dec 4, 2023 · A new article by a Rutgers University professor is said to further confirm the power of the party line in choosing candidates for public office: No New Jersey legislative incumbent who won the county line in all counties in his district has lost a primary in 14 years.
Jun 11, 2021 · Carl Golden. The effort to prohibit the awarding of county lines and favored position on primary election ballots to party-endorsed candidates took a hit — perhaps a mortal one — in Tuesday’s balloting by guaranteeing that anyone running off line will fail before the first ballot is cast.
Aug 13, 2020 · An Analysis of New Jersey’s 2020 Primary Election Results, reviews the results of ten contested congressional primaries where different candidates held the “county line” in different counties or where not all counties used a “county line” ballot.
