Legal Timeline

7/6/2020

Original Complaint - Exhibit B - Analysis by Joanne M. Miller, Associate Professor, Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, on "The Electoral Effects of Ballot Design"

1/25/2021

Amended Complaint - Plaintiffs file amended complaint

5/24/2021

Plaintiffs' Omnibus Opposition Brief to All Defendants' and Intervenor's Motions to Dismiss - Opposition to defendant's efforts to stop our case

6/1/2021

Amicus Motion by LWVNJ SSJ_BRIEF in Support of Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief - Support from League of Women Voters of New Jersey and Salvation and Social Justice

6/1/2021

Exhibit A - Amicus Brief in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss - More s upport from League of Women Voters of New Jersey and Salvation and Social Justice

6/1/2021

League of Women Voters of New Jersey and Salvation and Social Justice Amicus Filing - Accompanying documents from League of Women Voters of New Jersey and Salvation and Social Justice

7/2/2021

Letter re Inappropriate Filing of Gloucester County Clerk - Notice from our legal team regarding improper filing by party

8/9/2021

Letter to Court re: Opinion Issued in Similar Case, Mazo v. Way

Where we are now:

"The State and the county clerks, who are defending New Jersey's primary ballot design laws and practices, filed a motion to dismiss the case. All written arguments have been filed, and the newly-assigned presiding judge, Hon. Zahid N. Quraishi, may schedule a hearing on the motions, or may decide them without further argument. No timetable has been set for a decision."

– Flavio L. Komuves

7/6/2020

1/25/2021

5/24/2021

6/1/2021

7/2/2021

8/9/2021

5/31/2022

8/23/2022

9/19/2022

Where we
are now:

Original Complaint

Original Complaint - Exhibit A - Exhibit showing sample ballots giving unfair advantage to candidates across New Jersey

Original Complaint - Exhibit B - Analysis by Joanne M. Miller, Associate Professor, Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, on "The Electoral Effects of Ballot Design"

Amended Complaint - Plaintiffs file amended complaint

Plaintiffs' Omnibus Opposition Brief to All Defendants' and Intervenor's Motions to Dismiss - Opposition to defendant's efforts to stop our case

Amicus Motion by LWVNJ SSJ_BRIEF in Support of Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief - Support from League of Women Voters of New Jersey and Salvation and Social Justice

Exhibit A - Amicus Brief in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss - More s upport from League of Women Voters of New Jersey and Salvation and Social Justice

League of Women Voters of New Jersey and Salvation and Social Justice Amicus Filing - Accompanying documents from League of Women Voters of New Jersey and Salvation and Social Justice

Letter re Inappropriate Filing of Gloucester County Clerk - Notice from our legal team regarding improper filing by party

Letter to Court re: Opinion Issued in Similar Case, Mazo v. Way

Opinion denying defendants' motion to dismiss

Order denying defandants' motion to dimiss

County Line Motion to Intervene by Camden County Democratic Committee

Plaintiffs' omnibus response to the motions to intervene by the Cumberland, Morris, Union, and Warren Republicans

"On May 31, 2022, Judge Quraishi largely denied all seven of the Defendants' motions to dismiss, allowing this case to proceed to discovery. Between July and August 2022, three Democratic county organizations, a county clerk, and four Republican county organizations each filed motions to intervene (i.e., to participate) in the case, in further opposition to the Plaintiffs' arguments. The Plaintiffs vigorously opposed those motions, and we are awaiting a ruling from the Court."

– Flavio L. Komuves

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