Anger over the “county line” ballots has been growing for years in New Jersey, ... Friday’s ruling, if it holds, could affect other down-ballot races in New Jersey this year.

New Jersey’s ‘county line’ is gone. But the fight over its constitutionality continues. Opponents of the ballot design that gave influence to party bosses fear shadows of it could return to ...

New Jersey has a new primary ballot design now that Gov. Phil Murphy has signed it into law — though it remains to be seen whether it the measure will be challenged in court. With the governor ...

The Assembly Select Committee on Ballot Design presented and heard testimony this week about legislation related to how primary ballots will look in New Jersey moving forward. It was the sixth ...

Issued last week, the order calls for New Jersey’s Democratic primary to use so-called office block-style ballots instead of the county line design that has been used in the Garden State for years.

For decades, 19 of New Jersey’s 21 counties used an unusual method for designing their primary ballots: the county line.. The county line placed party-backed candidates in one row or column with ...

Political leaders in New Jersey can use the state’s unique county-line ballot design to reward or to punish, encouraging fealty from candidates. By Tracey Tully New Jersey election ballots have ...

New Jersey’s County-Line Ballot Is Almost Dead A judge ordered that the ballot design, widely viewed as favoring the state’s political machine, to be redesigned ASAP.

Nineteen of New Jersey’s 21 counties use the “county-line” ballot system. The county line places party-backed candidates in one row or column with other candidates placed somewhere else on ...

Voting rights advocates scored a major victory Friday in New Jersey when a federal judge struck down the use of a controversial primary ballot design that favored party-backed candidates.

Voting rights advocates scored a major victory Friday in New Jersey when a federal judge struck down the use of a controversial primary ballot design that favored party-backed candidates.