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Hudson Reporter × With a 2-0-4 vote the Jersey City Council adopted a resolution in support of eliminating rows, lines and columns on primary ballots. The Jersey City Council has passed a resolution endorsing the abolition of party lines on primary ballots in the interests of fair elections. According to the resolution, sponsored by Ward E Councilman James Solomon, New Jersey primary election ballots are configured to “stack the deck” for certain candidates at the expense of others, “thereby undermining the integrity of elections and hindering our democracy.” New Jersey is the only state in the nation that organizes its primary election ballots by bracketing groups of candidates in a column or row, rather than by listing the office sought followed immediately by the names of all candidates running for that office. ....