Legal Opinion
Lesniak v. Budzash
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 7, 1993PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
GARIBALDI, J.
N.J.S.A. 19:23-7 requires that the signers of primary nomination petitions be “qualified voters of the State” and, among other things, that they be members of the political party of the candidate nominated by the petition. This appeal presents two questions: first, whether unregistered voters are “qualified voters” under N.J.S.A 19:23-7; and second, whether unaffiliated voters are, for purposes of N.J.S.A. 19:23-7, members of the candidate’s political party.
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Two separate primary-election matters are addressed in this opinion. The facts of…
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