Overview

• A New Jersey appellate panel reversed a lower court and mandated corrected party-column ballots for in-person voting in Gloucester County.
• Mail ballots already sent in an office-block layout will not be replaced, with reprints limited to in-person ballots for the Oct. 25 start of early voting.
• Judges found the clerk’s office-block design violated statutes and concluded county clerks cannot deviate from the required column arrangement.
• The case was brought by Gloucester County Republicans with support from the Republican National Committee and targeted Clerk James Hogan’s redesign.
• In an earlier order, Superior Court Judge Benjamin Telsey required the county to reimburse Republicans $26,007 for campaign materials affected by the unlawful design.