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Clerks seek to dismiss line lawsuit, citing new ballot design law

March 13, 2025 10:37 pm

Two Democratic county clerks have moved to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of county organization lines, claiming that a new law mandating office block ballots makes the legal challenge moot. In court papers filed tonight, Joanne Rajoppi of Union...

Judge says she’ll issue new opinion on McIver petition challenge by tomorrow morning

May 21, 2024 4:47 pm

An administrative law judge held a new hearing today on a challenge to Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver’s nominating petitions for the 10th congressional district special election, saying that she’ll issue her finding on whether McIver should be allowed...

McIver’s NJ-10 petitions under scrutiny for all sharing one circulator

May 16, 2024 5:52 pmMay 17, 2024 9:26 am

Over the course of a nearly six-hour proceeding today, lawyers for two candidates in the 10th congressional district, Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver and former East Orange Councilwoman Brittany Claybrooks, made their cases to an administrative law judge over...

Legislative leaders say they’re open to looking at ballot design reforms

March 19, 2024 7:43 pmMarch 20, 2024 1:08 pm

As a federal judge deliberates on a lawsuit seeking to abolish the county organizational line, the top Democrats and Republicans in the New Jersey Legislature are saying that ballot design debates should be handled by the legislature – and that...

Nine takeaways from yesterday’s county line hearing

March 19, 2024 10:53 amMarch 19, 2024 7:43 pm

Yesterday, the hearing that could reshape New Jersey politics forever finally arrived. The case, which is before U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi, was brought by Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) and hinges on the constitutionality of the organizational line, the ballot...

Quraishi has skepticism for both sides in first half of county line hearing

March 18, 2024 1:17 pmMarch 18, 2024 8:46 pm

The federal case to consider the constitutionality of the county organizational line began this morning, and U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi sounded skeptical of some parts of both sides’ arguments before the court broke for lunch. The lawsuit, which was...

Harris Freier to chair privacy and cybersecurity practice at Genova Burns

September 21, 2022 12:41 pm

Genova Burns, one of New Jersey’s most politically influential law firms, announced this morning that current partner Harris Freier will lead the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice. “Privacy & cybersecurity are quickly becoming crucial issues and potential liabilities for many...