A Menendez Replacement?

With another switcheroo being discussed in New Jersey actively amid new corruption allegations, it is worth remembering that the Torricelli matter established the New Jersey Supreme Court precedent of allowing a party to replace a Senate candidate fewer than 61 days before the election in New Jersey, and that the NJ legislature has done nothing to change this rule since the Torricellii ruling. As I recall that ruling, the question is whether elections officials can still accommodate the change of a name on the ballot in the event of a withdrawal, which suggests a withdrawal soon if one is coming at all. The closer it comes to the election, the stronger the argument of Republicans that it will disrupt the elections process and therefore cannot be done under the New Jersey Supreme Court’s ruling.

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