The Democratic governor signed an overhaul that makes this year’s race to succeed him the most unpredictable in generations.

Two Democratic county clerks have moved to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of county organization lines, ...

With little fanfare, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill overhauling the state’s primary election system. Murphy’s approval of the ...

Voting rights advocates praised the shift from county-line ballots but warned provisions would maintain political parties' ...

Under the new design, the state would use “office block” ballots, grouping candidates in primary elections by the office they are seeking and candidates will be randomly drawn by county clerks.

Quraishi on Friday granted the preliminary injunction requiring county clerks — who Kim sued — to design primary ballots using an office block ballot, where candidates are grouped together by ...

The NJ Senate bill would require candidates to be grouped by office. Candidates would be placed on the ballot in the order determined by drawing of names. Amendments to the bill have fair ballot ...

Attorney General Matt Platkin referred to the current New Jersey ballot design as "unconstitutional" and told a federal judge that he doesn’t intend to defend them in court as part of the ...

How the 'county line' steers votes 49 states use so-called "office-block ballots," in which candidates are simply listed beneath the name of the office they're seeking, without any sort of ...

Kim’s suit asks the judge to require county clerks to replace the system with a more traditional “office block” ballot design used in other states. He is seeking an emergency injunction to ...

And we said it loud and clear: We want simple office block ballots, with names of candidates listed under the office they are running for, like in almost every other state in the country.