![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mawla had initially stayed Sheedy’s ruling. Mawla, a state appellate court judge, inexplicably declined to expedite the appeal in April, instead putting off the legal challenge until after the primary election had already been held. “In misapplying clear statutory requirements, the lower court’s decision has fundamentally altered our state’s nominating petition process and created a mechanism for fraud and misrepresentation that must be rectified,” wrote David Minchello of Rainone Coughlin Minchello in his court submission on Friday. The issue involves the merging of three separate nominating petitions into one joint petition after they were circulated to allow Gasior and Fischer, who didn’t get enough signatures on their own, to get on the ballot. In a case that could dramatically alter how candidates get on the ballot in New Jersey, a challenge to the nominating petitions of three Republicans running for the Howell Township Council is moving forward even though they already won the June 7 primary election.Īn appeal of Superior Court Judge Kathleen Sheedy’s ruling in April to allow Fred Gasior and Susan Fischer on the ballot opens the door to the court invalidating the primary election results and ordering a new election, if the state appellate court finds that she misread the statute.īut if Sheedy’s decision in upheld, it will essentially set aside requirements that candidates get a minimum number of petition signatures in order to have their name appear on the ballot. ![]()
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