Kathleen Sheedy Archives - New Jersey Globe

Fungible deadlines are on trial as judge mulls Burlington commissioner issue

May 23, 2022 12:01 amMay 22, 2022 11:48 pm

A Superior Court Judge will decide whether Burlington County Democrats can fill a county commissioner vacancy even though they missed the statutory deadline to do so. Increasingly, judges have faced criticism for allowing campaign deadlines to become fungible at a...

Judge rejects Eatontown candidate bid to redraw ballots

May 12, 2022 10:44 am

Superior Court Judge Kathleen Sheedy today rejected a bid by an Eatontown mayoral candidate to be bracketed with her running mates for two borough council seats, saying that there is no legal provision for them to do so since they...

Eatontown candidate seeks court order to bracket with running mates

May 11, 2022 3:53 pm

Superior Court Judge Kathleen Sheedy will decide by Thursday morning if off-the-line candidates for Eatontown mayor and borough council can be bracketed together after filing a joint petition with the slogan “Eatontown Democrats.” Mayoral candidate Jasmine Story wants June 7...

Eatontown mayoral candidate sues over borough’s ballot design

May 10, 2022 10:54 amMay 10, 2022 1:22 pm

Former Eatontown Councilwoman Jasmine Story, a Democrat running for mayor this year, has filed a lawsuit against her town’s ballot design, which breaks up her ticket across multiple columns and makes it appear as though candidates on the ticket are...

Some counties miss deadlines to mail military ballots as they wait for judges to rule

April 26, 2022 2:49 pmMay 22, 2022 11:21 pm

A federal election law requiring that election officials begin mailing ballots to Americans serving in the military or living overseas at least 45 days before Election Day is sometimes fungible, especially when state court judges move slowly to render decisions...

Howell ballot printing halted as appellate court agrees to hear Sheedy decision

April 22, 2022 5:19 pm

A state appellate court judge has stopped the printing and mailing of ballots in Howell pending the appeal of a controversial petition challenge in a race for three township council seats. Superior Court Judge Kathleen Sheedy permitted candidates to retroactively...

New petition rules after judge lets candidates merge petitions after voters signed them

April 21, 2022 5:19 pmApril 22, 2022 4:57 pm

In a decision that marks a significant change to generations of political common law, Superior Court Judge Kathleen Sheedy ruled that three candidates for Howell Township Council may retroactively combine nominating petitions to reach the minimum number of signatures to...