Appeals judges to decide quickly if 'ballot Siberia' unfairly biases NJ primary races

Across the street from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia on Friday, lawyers took their fight over the constitutionality of New Jersey ballots that use the “county line” design to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals — where a three-judge panel promised a speedy ruling as early as next week. The case brought by New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim to stop the controversial ballot design for the June primary has won a preliminary injunction from a lower federal court. First lady Tammy Murphy, who was Kim's chief competitor for the...