The Effect of ‘The Line’ on New Jersey Ballots

Non-endorsed

candidates for

U.S. Congress

Party-endorsed

candidates

The federal lawsuit from U.S. Rep. Andy Kim challenged New Jersey’s use of “the line,” in which party-endorsed candidates are grouped in a vertical line in a favorable ballot position, and non-endorsed candidates are sent to “ballot Siberia.” In this 2018 Democratic primary ballot from Camden County, the endorsed candidates are in column 2. Two challengers to incumbent U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross are far away in column 9.

John Duchneskie / Staff Artist

The Effect of ‘The Line’

On New Jersey Ballots

The federal lawsuit from U.S. Rep. Andy Kim challenged New Jersey’s use of “the line,” in which party-endorsed candidates are grouped in a vertical line in a favorable ballot position, and non-endorsed candidates are sent to “ballot Siberia.” In this 2018 Democratic primary ballot from Camden County, the endorsed candidates are in column 2. Two challengers to incumbent U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross are far away in column 9.

Non-endorsed

candidates for

U.S. Congress

Party-endorsed

candidates

John Duchneskie / Staff Artist