NJ attorney general says county line system is 'unconstitutional' ahead of Senate primary
The New Jersey State Attorney General will not defend a lawsuit against a controversial ballot system known as the county line because he said he believes it is unconstitutional.
It is the role of the attorney general to defend state statutes, but Platkin said in his letter that his role does not preclude him from intervening in this case. The governor has said previously that he thinks the party leaders are in the best position to determine who should be endorsed in the primary, and be awarded the county line. Tammy Murphy has won the endorsement in the counties with the largest number of Democratic voters, and the most powerful political machines.
A group of candidates who lost elections has teamed up with the New Jersey Working Families Alliance to sue the county clerks over the line. That suit began in 2020 and is still working its way through the courts.
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