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A lawyer representing county clerks in New Jersey has requested that a judge delay his landmark decision of scrapping the state’s county-line ballot design, a system that critics say has given tremendous weight to establishment candidates at the expense of outsiders.
Most of the state’s counties’ ballots are designed by grouping the candidates with party support in a single column. That means the names of those running without establishment backing could be left in places on the ballot that are difficult to find. Judge Zahid N. Quraishi of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled on Friday that the state must scrap the system, which has been widely criticized as boosting the prospects of party-backed candidates.
Rajiv D. Parikh, wrote to Judge Quraishi late Friday calling on him to halt its implementation, pending an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
A lawyer representing county clerks in New Jersey has requested that a judge delay his landmark decision of scrapping the state’s county-line ballot design, a system that critics say has given tremendous weight to establishment candidates at the expense of outsiders. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
JUDGE BLOCKS NJ BALLOT DESIGN PANNED FOR ALLEGED PRO-ESTABLISHMENT FAVORITISM
“Implementing an entirely new style of ballot in five business days presents an undue risk to the administration of this year’s primary elections,” Parikh wrote to Judge Quraishi on behalf of 15 of the state’s county clerks, according to The New York…
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