 It happened after the county clerks had certified the ballots and even mailed overseas ballots out to the troops and the people who were deserving of an overseas ballot. It didn't matter. The Republican Party sued. A unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the people deserve a Democrat choice. And you even had third-party candidates filing amicus briefs saying, hey, the people have another choice. The Socialist Party filed one, the Libertarian Party, the Conservative Party.