(hirshsingh.com; AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File; jack4nj.com)In picking a candidate to challenge Murphy, Republicans may be choosing what party they want to become
JEFF PILLETS
Jeff Pillets writes for NJ Spotlight News as part of Votebeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering voting issues in eight states. He has spent more than 25 years as a reporter in New Jersey and has won numerous honors. In 2008, he was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for stories in The Record exposing public corruption in a $1 billion redevelopment project in the Meadowlands.
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(NJ Spotlight News)NJ’s party bosses control the primary ballots, giving their preferred candidates the top spot. Advocates, candidates and now lawmakers want that changed
(Insider NJ)He cut ties with South Jersey Democrats and worked to get a Republican congressman elected. Democrats asked the AG to investigate his methods
(AP Photo/John Bazemore)Local election officials consider filing action to overturn law based on ‘unfunded mandate’
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)Advocates and experts agree, New Jersey did a remarkable job rolling out paper ballots and ballot boxes on an unforgiving schedule. Now it has a ...
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Trying to build new system on top of what currently exists would be like building a new house on structurally unsound foundation
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)No move to replace expensive system of no-bid contracts
(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Other states have encountered spiraling costs, complications
illustir via Creative Commons under CC BY 2.0Candidates who don’t cozy up to local kingmakers can find themselves banished to ‘ballot Siberia,’ while favorites are awarded prominent positions
Princeton University, Office of Engineering Communications, Frank WojciechowskiPrinceton computer scientist Andrew Appel, who helped fuel laws to make voting machines safer, shrugs off misrepresentation by Trump allies