UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _______________

No. 24-1594 _______________

ANDY KIM, in his personal capacity as a candidate for U.S. Senate; ANDY KIM FOR NEW JERSEY; SARAH SCHOENGOOD; SARAH FOR NEW JERSEY; CAROLYN RUSH; CAROLYN RUSH FOR CONGRESS

v. CHRISTINE GIORDANO HANLON, in her official capacity as Monmouth County Clerk; SCOTT M. COLABELLA, in his official capacity as Ocean County Clerk; PAULA SOLLAMI COVELLO, in her official capacity as Mercer County Clerk; MARY H. MELFI, in her capacity as Hunterdon County Clerk; STEVE PETER, in his official capacity as Somerset County Clerk; HOLLY MACKEY, in her official capacity as Warren County Clerk; NANCY J. PINKIN, in her official capacity as Middlesex County Clerk; JOSEPH J. GIRALO, in his official capacity as Atlantic County Clerk; JOHN S. HOGAN, in his official capacity as Bergen County Clerk; JOANNE SCHWARTZ, in her official capacity as Burlington County Clerk; JOSEPH RIPA, in his official capacity as Camden County Clerk; RITA ROTHBERG, in her official capacity as Cape May County Clerk; CELESTE M. RILEY, in her official capacity as Cumberland County Clerk; CHRISTOPHER J. DURKIN, in his official capacity as Essex County Clerk; JAMES N. HOGAN, in his official capacity as Gloucester County Clerk; E. JUNIOR MALDONADO, in his official capacity as Hudson County Clerk; ANN GROSSI, in her official capacity as Morris County Clerk; DANIELLE IRELAND-IMHOF, in her official capacity as Passaic County Clerk; JOANNE RAJOPPI, in her official capacity as Union County Clerk; DALE CROSS, in his official capacity as Salem County Clerk; JEFF PARROTT, in his official capacity as Sussex County Clerk; NEW JERSEY SECRETARY OF STATE; CAMDEN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE

Camden County Democratic Committee, Appellant

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On Appeal from the United States District Court For the District of New Jersey (D.N.J. No. 3-24-cv-01098) District Judge: Honorable Zahid N. Quraishi _______________

Argued April 12, 2024

Before: JORDAN, KRAUSE, and FREEMAN, Circuit Judges

(Filed: April 17, 2024) _______________ Alyssa Lott William M. Tambussi [ARGUED] Brown & Connery 360 N. Haddon Avenue P.O. Box 539 Westmont, NJ 08108 Counsel for Camden County Democratic Committee Yael Bromberg Bromberg Law 43 W. 43rd Street – Suite 32 New York, NY 10036

3 Flavio L. Komuves Bret M. Pugach [ARGUED] Weissman & Mintz 220 Davidson Avenue – Suite 410 Somerset, NJ 08873 Counsel for Andy Kim, Andy Kim for New Jersey, Sarah Schoengood, Sarah For New Jersey, Carolyn Rush, and Carolyn Rush For Congress Matthew Tavares Rainone Coughlin Minchello 555 U.S. Highway One South Suite 440 Iselin, NJ 08830 Counsel for Paula Sollami Covello Jennifer Borek Daniel A. Lebersfeld Genova Burns 494 Broad Street Newark, NJ 07102 Counsel for Christopher J. Durkin, and Joanne Rajoppi Neal K. Katyal Sean M. Marotta [ARGUED] Eric S. Roytman Hogan Lovells US 555 Thirteenth Street NW Columbia Square Washington, DC 20004 Counsel for Am