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27 Seton Hall Legis. J. 77 (2002-2003)
In the Election of 2002, the Voters of New Jersey Were the Winners

handle is hein.journals/sethlegj27 and id is 83 raw text is: IN THE ELECTION OF 2002, THE VOTERS OF NEW JERSEY WERE THE WINNERS Angelo J. Genova, Esq., and Jennifer Mazawey, Esq. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODU CTION .................................................................. 78 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND ................................................. 78 III. NEW JERSEY COURTS HAVE A LONGSTANDING HISTORY OF LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATE'S ELECTION LAWS ................................................ 81 IV. THE STATE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION PROPERLY CONSTRUED STATE ELECTION LAW IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH STATUTORY LANGUAGE AND LONGSTANDING PRECEDENT .......... 84 V. THE DECISION OF THE STATE SUPREME COURT SQUARELY ADDRESSED AND REFUTED THE NUMEROUS ALLEGED HARMS POSITED BY DEFEN D AN TS ...................................................................... 86 A The Potential for Abuse ................................................... 86 B . Full V oter Choice ............................................................. 87 C. The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting A ct ................................................................................. . . 87 VI. THE AFTERMATH OF THE STATE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION ........................................................... 88 It is in the public interest and the general intent of the election laws to preserve the two-party system and to submit to the electorate a ballot bearing the names of candidates of both major political parties as well as of all other qualifying parties and groups.' Angelo J. Genova is a partner in the firm of Genova, Burns & Vernoia. Mr. Genova represented the New Jersey Democratic Party in The New Jersey Democratic Party v. Samson, arguing the cause before the New Jersey Supreme Court. Jennifer Mazawey is an associate with Genova, Burns & Vernoia, and assisted in writing the briefs submitted to the New Jersey Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. 1 Kilmurray v. Gilfert, 10 N.J. 435, 441 (1952) (statement by New Jersey Chief Justice Arthur Vanderbilt).

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