Democratic-Republican Organization of New Jersey v. Guadagno, No. 3:12-cv-05658; U.S. District Court (DNJ); opinion by Wolfson, U.S.D.J.; filed October 11, 2012. DDS No. 21-7-7967 [30 pp.]
Plaintiffs, the Democratic-Republican Organization of New Jersey and individual candidates for various elected public offices who have satisfied the requirements to be placed on the November 2012 general election ballots as candidates nominated by petition, challenge the “preferences” New Jersey provides to the two main political parties by placing them in the first two columns of the general election ballots and prohibiting the use of any part of their name by other, unaffiliated candidates. Plaintiffs allege that they have been denied placement together and on the left side of the ballot and the use of the slogan “Democratic-Republican.”
