Why not just remove the idea of political party all together? Funding would be diffuse with more candidates funded by their own monies to lead most voting.
June 7, 2022
By David Wildstein
A new political party (click here) aimed at attracting moderate voters will test New Jersey’s law banning fusion voting by filing nominating petitions today to create the Moderate Party with two-term Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) as their candidate in New Jersey’s 7th district.
The move would allow Malinowski’s name to appear twice on the general election ballot, giving moderate Republicans – the kind who used to vote for candidates like Christine Todd Whitman and Thomas H. Kean, Sr. – the chance to vote for him without having to do so in the Democratic column.
One of the organizers of the Moderate Party is Republican Richard A. Wolfe, a township committeeman in East Amwell and a former three-term mayor. Wolfe had contributed $4,500 to Tom Kean, Jr. for his 2020 run to unseat Malinowski.
“I felt compelled to help form the Moderate Party because I believe the majority of voters in this country are neither far right nor far left, but instead support positions that are at or close to the center — in other words, moderate positions,” Wolfe said. “These centrist voters feel that their party of choice, whether the Republican Party or the Democratic Party, no longer shares their views.”
Fusion voting – the ability for a candidate to run on multiple party lines and combine their vote totals – was legal in New Jersey until around 1920 when Democratic and Republican party leaders sought to limit the influence of independent candidates. It’s still legal in eight U.S. states, including New York....
