PHILADELPHIA (AP) — New Jersey county clerks have withdrawn their appeals to a federal court ruling requiring them to redraw primary election ballots that some argued favored candidates backed by the state’s Democratic Party. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals based in Philadelphia dismissed the appeals on Friday in response to the clerks’ action. U.S. Judge Zahid Quraishi had ordered Democrats to scrap a ballot that listed party-endorsed candidates together in a bracketed group on the ballot — commonly called the county line — while listing others outside the bracket. New Jersey is the only state to set its primary ballots in this way. Democratic Rep. Andy Kim filed the lawsuit as part of his bid for the Senate seat held by indicted Sen. Bob Menendez, who said he would not run in the primary. Republicans will not be affected by Quraishi’s order; the judge said it applies only to Democrats and only to the June 4 election. |
China yields remarkable outcomes of sciMultiple glass materials discovered in Chang'eGoing bald gracefully! AMike Tyson sends warning shot to Jake Paul ahead of their July 20 fight, as 57Humanoid robots make public debut in BeijingChinese scientists achieve breakthrough in biosynthesis of anticancer drug paclitaxelNew plant species discovered in SW ChinaChina's satellite launch suffers abnormalityScientists develop new artificial leafChinese scientists precisely monitor solar radiation on Earth's surface