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Why Everyone in New Jersey Politics Is Talking About ‘the Line’
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Mar 21, 2024 12:59am |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 20, 2024 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | New Jersey election ballots have long been designed to benefit the favored candidates of local political leaders. But now, in the middle of a high-stakes Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, a move to declare the ballot design unconstitutional could upend the state’s entire electoral system.
In the current ballot design, the candidates officially endorsed by the leaders of the local Democratic and Republican parties are listed in a single column or row in a prominent position known as “the line.”
The names of challengers appear off to the side, sometimes at the ballot’s edge. Candidates call this “ballot Siberia.” |
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