It's hard to tell the 'county line' is gone on these Essex County, NJ ballots
Published May 3, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. ETMake your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2024.A court ruling has nixed the so-called “county line” from ballots in this year’s New Jersey Democratic primary races — but in much of Essex County this year, candidates endorsed by the party machine are still getting coveted top slots on the ballot.
A sample ballot sent to Democratic residents of Maplewood, New Jersey for the 2023 primary election. The boxes for president, senator, congressperson, sheriff and register are common to all ballots for 11th Congressional District voters in Essex County, but the two for township committee and county committee are specific to Maplewood voters.In the boxes on the ballots for Essex County voters in the 11th Congressional District, the top positions went to Biden, Rep. Andy Kim for Senate, Rep.
Mara Novak, director of NJ 11th for Change — a nonpartisan group that advocates for election reform in the district — attended this year’s ballot draw and said she didn’t see anything inappropriate. Julia Sass Rubin, a Rutgers University professor whose research has driven ballot reform in New Jersey, is also calling for computerized drawings.wrote in an op-ed published by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
“I think you’ll be happy with the process,” the affidavit alleges Durkin told Byrne. The Republican was the first name pulled out of the barrel.
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