New Jersey Federal Judge May Rely on Jury to Help Decide if Carl Lewis Should be on Ballot

According to this story, the U.S. District Court Judge who has the case over whether Carl Lewis should be on the Democratic primary ballot of June 7, 2011 (for State Senate, 8th district) may rely on a federal jury to decide the issue. This makes it appear that the court is still pondering whether or not Lewis meets the 4-year in-state residency requirement, as opposed to deciding whether the 4-year residency requirement violates the U.S. Constitution. This is peculiar, because the state courts have already decided that Lewis has not been a resident of New Jersey during the last four years.

UPDATE: see this story about the court hearing.


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