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Cumberland County to pay clerk legal fees from ballot-layout lawsuit; commissioners approve settlement
Summary
County clerk told commissioners the county must pay roughly $32,600 in legal fees from last year’s primary ballot-layout challenge; the board also approved a settlement in related litigation after county counsel warned of potential sanctions.
Cumberland County commissioners voted unanimously Feb. 11 to approve a settlement in federal litigation and to authorize payment connected to a ballot-layout lawsuit that county clerks across New Jersey faced after the 2024 primary.
The county clerk told the board that a challenge by candidate Andy Kim over ballot layout resulted in a court decision requiring counties to adopt an office-block layout for primary ballots and that the county must cover the challenger’s legal fees. "Every county clerk in the state of New Jersey is paying the legal fees for the Andy Kim ballot challenge, and that's what we're doing tonight," the county clerk said. The clerk said the payment…
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