Governor Murphy and Nancy Solomon discuss Professor Julia Sass Rubin's research on the Party Line Ballots with a caller on his "Ask Governor Murphy" show on October 10, 2023. Ask Governor Murphy - October 10, 2023 Episode
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US Supreme Court won’t consider challenge to New Jersey’s ballot rigging
The United States Supreme Court refused to hear a pivotal case aimed at challenging New Jersey’s controversial ballot laws in a decision not to take up a case that could have threatened the entrenched political establishment’s ability to manipulate the electoral...
Rutgers launches disability studies minor to explore world of oft-ignored community
This fall, Rutgers University–New Brunswick will introduce a new minor in disability studies. With one in four adults in the U.S. living with a disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the program acknowledges such conditions as...
New Research from Toney: How Extended Family Mental Health Issues Influence Household Portfolio Allocations
According to the authors, mental health issues outside of the nuclear family unit are a unique contributor to household portfolio allocation decisions, and suggest a need to strengthen the safety net that covers mental health issues.
A state watchdog forges ahead, in an era of endangered oversight
Kevin Walsh had been an attorney for just two years when he picked a fight that would help topple the death penalty in New Jersey. As counsel to New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, he challenged the state’s lethal injection regulations, a battle that...
New Research from Rubin et al.: The state takeover of the Camden City District schools and students’ academic performance
In March 2013, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced a state takeover of the Camden City School District. Michael S. Hayes, Julia Sass Rubin & Pengju Zhang examined the changes in students’ standardized test scores before and after the state takeover. Their findings do not support the positive evaluations of the state takeover by NJ political leaders. They discuss what explains the discrepancy between perceptions of the takeover and its actual impact on Camden students.
NJ Primary elections are June 6, and there’s little competition
Few of the races in the June 6 New Jersey legislative primary are contested, even though there about twice as many open seats as usual. Political experts say that's in part due to the "county line" system that gives a boost to candidates endorsed by powerful county...
Little competition for NJ Legislature primaries, and ballot gives party favorites an edge
The New Jersey State Legislature now has more open seats — races without an incumbent running — than at any time in the last 12 years. In most states, that would be expected to increase the number of competitive races. But that hasn’t happened in New Jersey, where...
Two longtime Democratic senators square off in primary
Thirty years ago, Nia Gill joined the Legislature after winning election as a Democratic assemblywoman in the Essex County-based 27th District on Sen. Dick Codey’s ticket. The pair ran together until 2001, when Gill’s home was moved into the 34th District and she ran...
Research Day 2023
The Bloustein School’s 2nd Annual Research Day has been rescheduled and will take place in person at the Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum on Friday, April 21st.
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