{"id":22472,"date":"2020-07-07T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-jersey-primary-candidate-sues-to-remove-party-lines-on-ballots\/"},"modified":"2020-07-07T19:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T16:11:00","slug":"new-jersey-primary-candidate-sues-to-remove-party-lines-on-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-jersey-primary-candidate-sues-to-remove-party-lines-on-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"#New Jersey primary candidate sues to remove party lines on ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#New Jersey primary candidate sues to remove party lines on ballots<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        July 7, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 12:11pm             <span>|<\/span> Updated <span>July 7, 2020 | 1:02pm<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n                        A Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives filed a federal lawsuit seeking to remove party lines on the ballots for New Jersey\u2019s primary election, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Christine Conforti sued Monday, a day before the 2020 primary vote, along with the New Jersey Progressive Legal Defense Fund, New Jersey Globe reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Jersey\u2019s primary election ballots have become weaponized, and they\u2019ve been used to give a ballot advantage to certain favored candidates over others,\u201d said Brett Pugach, one of the attorneys involved in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Pugach claims the layout of the primary ballots \u201care flawed, confusing and undemocratic,\u201d fail to treat all candidates the same and are designed to benefit certain candidates \u2013 a violation of the US Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Jersey is the only state that organizes its ballot by columns of bracketed groupings of candidates, which just becomes very convoluted,\u201d said Pugach told NJ 101.5. \u201cYou have situations where candidates that are running for the same office may be separated by numerous blank spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because of the coronavirus pandemic, most New Jersey residents are expected to vote by mail-in ballots.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/07\/nj-primary-candidate-sues-to-remove-party-lines-on-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#New Jersey primary candidate sues to remove party lines on ballots&#8221; July 7, 2020 | 12:11pm | Updated July 7, 2020 | 1:02pm A Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives filed a federal lawsuit seeking to remove party lines on the ballots for New Jersey\u2019s primary election, according to a report. 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