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South Jersey progressives sue to stay on the ballot

April 9, 2020 11:20 am

A group of progressive Democrats candidates sued clerks in four South Jersey counties, claiming the officials were keeping them off the ballot by incorrectly processing the challengers’ nominating petitions. The thirteen progressive candidates claim clerks in Camden, Gloucester, Cape May...

Cape May Democrats will seek by-laws change

April 8, 2020 1:56 pmApril 8, 2020 1:59 pm

Cape May County Democrats will hold a special county count committee meeting to extend their terms until 2021 by changing their by-laws. “America is facing an unprecedented pandemic. The economy is frozen, jobs are disappearing, workers are filing for unemployment...

Atlantic County Democratic Chairman Michael Suleiman

Atlantic Democrats will vote to postpone county committee elections

April 8, 2020 9:55 amApril 8, 2020 10:25 am

Atlantic County Democrats will hold a virtual meeting of the full county committee to vote on the postponement of their terms until 2021. Party leader scheduled the May 7 online vote after Superior Court Judge James Savio ruled yesterday that...

Challenge to county committee election postponement gets 4th judge in 4 days

April 2, 2020 12:42 pmApril 3, 2020 12:31 am

Update: Judge James Savio has set a hearing date of April 7, 2020. A lawsuit challenging a decision by Democratic county chairs in Atlantic and Cape May to postpone county committee elections until next year now has its fourth judge...

New judge in county committee court challenge was also a county chairman

April 1, 2020 3:56 pmApril 2, 2020 11:39 am

A lawsuit challenging the postponement of Democratic county committee elections in Cape May and Atlantic counties just a few days ago already has a new judge. The case was originally assigned to Judge James Pickering, the former Democratic county chairman...

Cape May clerk rejects progressive nominating petitions

April 1, 2020 3:18 pmApril 1, 2020 3:26 pm

A progressive slate of Cape May candidates formed to bracket with Democratic congressional candidate Amy Kennedy has failed to qualify for the June 2 ballot, the county’s top election official said. Cape May County Clerk Rita Marie Fulginiti has rejected...

Progressive slates file in six South Jersey counties

March 31, 2020 7:35 pmApril 1, 2020 11:33 am

Progressives have fielded full slates of candidates for countywide office in six counties with the intention of bracketing with Democratic congressional candidate Amy Kennedy. In five of those counties – Cape May, Cumberland, Burlington, Camden and Gloucester – Brigid Harrison...