New Jersey has a new primary ballot design now that Gov. Phil Murphy has signed it into law — though it remains to be seen whether it the measure will be challenged in court. With the governor ...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday signed into law a redesign of primary ballots, formally ending an entrenched system that gave unique influence to the state’s party bosses but faced an ...

After a federal judge ruled that New Jersey’s ballot design was likely unconstitutional, state lawmakers found themselves recreating the rules of the ballot in what one expert called the most drastic ...

The special Assembly Select Committee on Ballot Design this week held its third hearing to get input. NJ Spotlight News is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone ...

The Senate bill would require county clerks to design ballots that group candidates by office and would not allow candidates running for different offices to be bracketed together. It would also ...

The new Assembly Select Committee on Ballot Design is drawing up a ballot for New Jersey voters that erases the advantage the state's political bosses historically wielded by stacking preferred ...

Lawmakers want to revamp primary ballots. One critic called the plan "a step back for democracy in New Jersey." ...

This week, Civics 101 host Nick Capodice joins us to discuss ballot design and why it’s so important. Most voting in early America was a system called viva voce, which means “word of mouth.” ...

Sacramento County issued a notice about the ballot envelope holes, even though its design was different from the one in Los Angeles: “This ballot and envelope are NOT from Sacramento County ...

Voters in the key battleground of Pennsylvania may notice their ballots look different this year, as the state prepares to deploy a new design in the general election for the first time this year ...

The design of the ballot reportedly resulted in a significant number of voters accidentally voting for the wrong candidate or casting multiple votes, particularly affecting votes intended for Al ...