“I think it’s still a very unfair ballot,” Rubin said. “I would say let’s go for a fair ballot.”
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Opinion: The county line is dead. So why is the Legislature revisiting NJ ballots? | Stile
“The line is just one of the ways you can distort the ballot,” Julia Sass Rubin said. “So I think we just have to be incredibly vigilant, and there’s good reason to be concerned.”
NJ lawmakers say they should design ballots themselves
“The line is just one of the ways you can distort the ballot,” Julia Sass Rubin said. “So I think we just have to be incredibly vigilant, and there’s good reason to be concerned.”
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...
Seton Hall Law Symposium Examines New Jersey’s ‘County Line’ Ballots
New Jersey is the only state in the nation in which county party bosses are able to choose where candidates are positioned on the ballot. This arguably assures that the candidates bracketed together in a vertical or horizontal line by the respective two-party...
Fusion voting. Should we revisit ballot design from the 1800s?
Professor Julia Sass Rubin, who has been popular in the media this Spring for challenging party line ballots, makes a case for bringing back fusion voting.
New Jersey’s primary election ballots are rigged | Opinion
Former Rutgers Law School Dean and Public Advocate Ron Chen and former NJ Attorney General and current Director of Rutgers' Eagleton Institute of Politics John Farmer cite Bloustein School professor Julia Rubin's research on the county line in an editorial about New...
Tuesday’s primary election is rigged for the old guard
“This year only 10 percent of the seats in the Legislature are being contested,” says Julia Sass Rubin, an associate professor at Rutgers. “This is a toxic system, and it limits who will run.” And who will win. No state legislator has lost a primary since...
Addressing voter turnout in Black and brown communities
Some advocates say systemic issues can prevent NJ residents, especially in Black and Brown communities, from exercising their right to vote. Professor Julia Sass Rubin's research showing New Jersey is the only state with the line is discussed. NJ Spotlight News, May...
NJ ballot design gives huge advantage to party-backed candidates, paper finds
When Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise ran for a fifth term in 2019, he had every advantage over his sole primary challenger, Patricia Waiters. DeGise, a Democrat, had higher name recognition, tens of thousands more in campaign dollars and endorsements from every...