New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Udi Ofer | July 17, 2023
What do former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, five former members of Congress (two Republicans and three Democrats), the ACLU of New Jersey, the Brennan Center, the Cato Institute, the Rainey Center, and the Libertarian Party of New Jersey, along with a top Democratic election lawyer and a former Bush administration legal counsel all have in common?
By Colleen Murphy | June 15, 2023
"While the appointees are undoubtedly experienced attorneys none have any substantial election law experience and none have served as Superior Court judges, as have most prior ELEC Commissioners," Jeffrey Brindle's attorney, Bruce I. Afran, said in a statement. "These appointees will be acting as administrative judges to adjudicate election law violations and yet have no state level judicial or elections law experience, weakening public confidence in the ability of ELEC to neutrally and fairly maintain the State's election law enforcement system."
By Jimmy Hoover | June 8, 2023
Not even election law experts predicted Thursday's win for Black Alabama voters challenging the state's new congressional map.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | April 23, 2023
We are concerned about the way a vital component of the checks and balances has been waived to make it more convenient to resolve what is clearly a temporary dispute involving one state official.
By Colleen Murphy | March 31, 2023
In his resignation letter, ELEC Commissioner Eric Jaso said Gov. Phil Murphy has used "political blunt force to neuter and co-opt this venerable and honorable agency."
By Colleen Murphy | March 29, 2023
"On one hand, we have an email which taken facially can be quite damning," said Commissioner Marguerite Simon. "And on the other hand, we have the testimony of several employees, that through the years, have seen no bias on the part of Jeff Brindle or anything that would create a hostile workplace."
By Colleen Murphy | March 21, 2023
Joseph Donohue, deputy director of ELEC, testified before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee last Thursday and stated that the bill does contain many of his agency's recommendations, including expanded disclosure for independent expenditure committees, stronger parties with higher contribution limits, and an expanded pay-to-play law.
By Colleen Murphy | March 16, 2023
"You can call this 'The Elections Transparency Act' only in the sense that it is obvious what its purpose is—to eliminate Jeff Brindle, the executive director," said Brindle's attorney, Bruce I. Afran.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | February 19, 2023
It would create a questionable precedent to expel a House member for misconduct committed before he took office, based on the judgment not of the voters but of members from elsewhere, that his campaign tactics were unfair.
By Colleen Murphy | November 28, 2022
"This case asks us to determine where the campaign ends and the electoral process begins," stated Judge Cheryl Ann Krause, in her written opinion for the court. "New Jersey permits candidates running in primary elections to include beside their name a slogan of up to six words to help distinguish them from others on the ballot."
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