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February 26, 2025 | NJ Moderate Party
NJ MODERATE PARTY, CANDIDATES AND VOTERS WILL APPEAL COURT RULING ON FUSION VOTING
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 | Insider NJ
The NJ Supreme Court’s Supreme Opportunity: Relegalize Fusion Voting
The Supreme Court may rule that New Jersey’s ban on fusion violates the constitutional rights of free speech and free association enjoyed by all citizens, including those who do not identify with the two major parties. In which case, we will all have a more representative and compromise-oriented party system, and for people like me, we will also get a new centrist party that will slowly but surely test its ideas in the political marketplace.
July 20, 2023 | NJ Moderate Party
NJ Moderate Party Requests State Supreme Court Hear Challenge to Anti-Fusion Voting Laws
Today (July 20th, 2023), the New Jersey Moderate Party and others filed a motion asking the New Jersey Supreme Court to directly hear their challenge to the State’s prohibition of fusion voting (in lieu of a lengthier process in the state Appellate Division).
July 17, 2023 | New Jersey Law Journal
Anti-Fusion Voting’ Laws and the Problem with a Two-Party System
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? At first glance, one might say, nothing at all. In fact, this unusual group—along with top scholars from Princeton, Rutgers and elsewhere—are on the same side of a question that will likely soon be before the New Jersey Supreme Court: whether the state’s century-old laws preventing political parties from cross-nominating candidates on the ballot violate the New Jersey Constitution.
July 11, 2023 | New Jersey Moderate Party
New Amicus Briefs Show Broad Range of Support for NJ Moderate Party Lawsuit to Re-Legalize Fusion Voting
A cross-partisan group of organizations, former members of Congress and academics have filed amicus briefs supporting the New Jersey Moderate Party’s important lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the state’s statutory prohibition on fusion voting, the practice of a candidate being cross-nominated on the ballot by more than one party.
June 5, 2023 | New Jersey Moderate Party
NJ Moderate Party Update
April 27, 2023 | New Jersey Star-Ledger
Want to encourage centrists? Tell the party bosses to back off
If you were an independent and couldn’t bring yourself to pull the lever of either major party, you were out of luck. And unless there is action in the courts or in Trenton, it will remain that way. The status quo upholds party sovereignty, which is unfair, given that there are more unaffiliated voters in New Jersey (2.5 million) than Democrats or Republicans.
April 23, 2023 | New Jersey Star Ledger
Why we need a 3rd political party in New Jersey
Whitman and Torricelli assert that fusion voting would “empower the individual voter frustrated with our two major parties. A vote for a candidate on a centrist party’s line would be a powerful and effective way to signal that you favor problem-solving over posturing, and to reward politicians who are workhorses instead of grandstanders.”
November 22, 2022 | New Jersey Monitor
Push for fusion voting in New Jersey didn’t end with Rep. Tom Malinowski’s loss
November 21, 2021 | New York Times
Does Fusion Voting Offer Americans a Way Out of the Partisan Morass?
June 23, 2022 | New Jersey Moderate Party
Press Release: Newly formed Moderate Party endorses Tom Malinowski for Congress, seeks fundamental reforms of unconstitutional New Jersey election system
June 12, 2022 | New Jersey Star-Ledger
Friendly Fire: The progressive backlash in California, birth of NJ’s Moderate Party and race for governor in 2025
June 10, 2022 | WFMZ
Meet the man working to launch a Moderate party in NJ
June 9, 2022 | New Jersey Star-Ledger
Disaffected Republicans find someone to vote for in NJ-7th: Malinowski | Editorial
June 9, 2022 | New Jersey Globe
Moderate Party vows legal challenge to run Malinowski as their candidate
June 9, 2022 | Politico
Jones and Hugin on the Malinowski Moderate Party
June 8, 2022 | New Jersey Star-Ledger
Game on for big N.J. congressional race at Biden midterm! What to know about Kean vs. Malinowski.
June 8, 2022 | Washington Post
Could a new political party defang radical politicians?
June 8, 2022 | New Jersey Globe
Secretary of State rejects Malinowski bid to also run as the Moderate Party candidate
June 8, 2022 | NJ Spotlight
Dissatisfied with parties, they try to force a third way
June 7, 2022 | New Jersey Globe
Newly-formed Moderate Party seeks return to fusion voting, files petitions for Malinowski as their NJ-7 candidate
June 7, 2022 | New York Times
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