Judge Won’t Issue Interim Order in Carl Lewis Election Case
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A federal judge declined to issue an interim ruling on a decision by New Jersey’s top election official not to certify former Olympian Carl Lewis for the state’s general election ballot in November.
While Secretary of State Kimberly Guadagno’s Aug. 15 decision may seem inconsistent with an interpretation of a federal appeals court ruling, it was something “she felt was her statutory obligation,” U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman said during a hearing today in Camden, New Jersey. He also denied Lewis’s request to depose Guadagno on her initial finding that he was not qualified to run for senate in the state’s 8th Legislative District.