Richard Wolfe Archives - New Jersey Globe

N.J. Supreme Court won’t hear fusion voting case

December 10, 2025 9:42 am

An effort to bring about fusion voting in New Jersey via court action appears to be officially dead. Proponents of fusion voting, which allows candidates to run under multiple party designations on general election ballots (and which is expressly forbidden...

Fusion voting effort shot down by appellate court

February 26, 2025 11:12 amFebruary 27, 2025 9:28 am

An effort to legalize fusion voting in New Jersey, in which candidates would be able to appear on general election ballots under multiple different party affiliations, was shot down today by a panel of state appellate judges, who found that...

Moderate Party asks N.J. Supreme Court to hear fusion voting case directly

July 20, 2023 3:19 pm

The Moderate Party, a fledgling third party organization, today asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to hear its challenge to the state’s fusion voting laws, the latest step in the party’s yearlong effort to bring fusion voting to New Jersey....

Newly-formed Moderate Party seeks return to fusion voting, files petitions for Malinowski as their NJ-7 candidate

June 7, 2022 4:10 pmJuly 11, 2023 12:08 pm

A new political party aimed at attracting moderate voters will test New Jersey’s law banning fusion voting by filing nominating petitions today to create the Moderate Party with two-term Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) as their candidate in New Jersey’s 7th...