New Jersey’s unique primary ballot design is “unconstitutional,” said the state attorney general’s office. It also said it would not defend the state in a lawsuit brought by a Democratic congressman to change the design.
Rep. Andy Kim is suing to get the state's ballot design changed ahead of the Democratic primary in June. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s office said Sunday the state’s unique way of displaying county-backed candidates for Senate and governor on primary ballots is “unconstitutional” and will not defend it in court, following a lawsuit filed in February by Rep. Andy Kim, one of the candidates in a closely watched Senate primary.
New Jersey’s ballot design process is unlike any other in the nation — it allows parties to place their endorsed candidates in a specific portion of the ballot known as “the line,” while candidates running without their party’s endorsement appear in a different section of the ballot, farther down from where voters can see their names.
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