The New Jersey Democratic Party, Inc.; the New Jersey Democratic State Committee, and the Hon. Bonnie Watson…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey granted the Democratic Party’s request to remove Senator Torricelli’s name from the November 2002 ballot and to allow the State Committee to substitute a new candidate, holding that the election statutes must be liberally construed to preserve voter choice even when a vacancy occurs within forty‑eight days of the election.