OPINION People who aren’t from New Jersey have a lot of unfair things to say about our state.  They make jokes about ...

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 ...

The legislation would replace Jersey’s unique party line ballot with an office-block design similar to what’s used in virtually every other state. NJ Spotlight News is available to stream on ...

Sample ballots for the 2024 primary in Hudson County show an office-block layout for the Democratic race (top) and New Jersey's unique county-line ballot for the GOP primary. A special legislative ...

The legislation, backed by bipartisan sponsors and the product of Assembly select committee hearings, would mandate the state’s primaries be run on office-block ballots, which group candidates by the ...

The bill would require county clerks to design office-block ballots which group candidates by office and would not allow candidates running for different offices to be bracketed together.

The legislation would require New Jersey’s county clerks to design office-block ballots that group candidates by the office they are seeking and bar bracketing between candidates seeking different ...

Wolf is appealing to the state Supreme Court on an emergency basis, asking its seven justices to block ... in office working with, rather than against, the General Assembly to improve our ...

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin holds the gavel before starting the body's session at the Statehouse in Trenton on Sept. 26, 2024. (Photo by Mary Iuvone for New Jersey Monitor) New Jersey’s ...