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# NJ Attorney General: 2.6 Million NJ Voters Have No Right to Vote in Primary
- URL: https://ivn.us/nj-attorney-general-2-6-million-nj-voters-right-vote-primary/
- Published: 2014-05-12T15:48:13.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-07T17:29:27.000Z
- Author: Independent Voter Project
- Tags: Election Reform, Open Primaries

NEWARK, N.J. - Challenging the constitutionality of New Jersey's primary election system. Secretary of State Kim Guadagno argues that U.S. citizens in New Jersey do not have a right to vote in primary elections, but political parties have a right to use taxpayer dollars to fund them.

On Friday, May 9, 2014, New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman, on behalf of the secretary of state's office, filed a motion to dismiss a [complaint](http://ivn.us/2014/03/05/lawsuit-filed-nj-federal-court-challenges-constitutionality-partisan-primary-elections/?utm%5Fsource=ivn&utm%5Fmedium=listing%5Fsearch&utm%5Fcampaign=opt-beta-v-1-0). Read all motions and court filings in this case [on the Independent Voter Project's website](https://independentvoterproject.org/work/opening-new-jerseys-primary?ref=ivn.us).