Hudson County Clerk Temporarily Restrained from Printing Primary Ballots

Followinga Hudson County Superior Judge has ruled that ballots can't be printed until the case comes to court next week.

Superior Court Judge Peter Bariso ruled that the parties will have to appear in court on April 17. Until then, he ruled, Hudson County Clerk Barbara Netchert is prevented from printing ballots that bear Garcia's name. 

Flavio Kumoves, the attorney representing the five Hoboken residents who are suing Garcia, wrote in an email that "the Court, in reaching its decision, determined that the legal issues warranted the entry of an Order to restrain the printing of the ballots, until the issue is decided at a hearing next Wednesday."

Garcia was chosen by state senator Brian Stack to run on the Hudson Couty Democratic Organization's line to be one of two assemblymen for the 33rd district, which includes the entirety of Hoboken.

Garcia has said previously that he plans to keep his full time job as executive director of the Hoboken Housing Authority. According to the five plaintiffs bringing the suit, Garcia is ineligible because his salary is paid by federal funds.