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Susan Altman: “The ballot in New Jersey, which gives incumbents and party…”

Featuring: Susan Altman, Democrat | Former Candidate, U.S. House New Jersey, District 7

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Published | Video Starts at 07:39

One is for the primary campaign, one is for the general campaign, and the primary campaign is for the is the line lawsuit. Yeah. And that would mean that the, The ballot in New Jersey, which gives incumbents and party favorites an advantage, would be negated on the ballot. So parties could still endorse candidates. We'd hope they would still endorse candidates. We believe in parties as an institution for democracy, but they just wouldn't have the advantage on the ballot itself the way they do in New Jersey and New Jersey alone. (07:39–08:17)

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Asserts that the current ballot system in New Jersey gives incumbents and party favorites an advantage.

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