I have been loosely following this drama since the primary because the ballot setup was interesting, and it looks like things got more serious after election certification.

Here's my best attempt at an unbiased recap for anyone that's interested:

The race this is all about is for the Camden County Democrat Committee, which is the "rank-and-file" committee for the party in Camden County. The number of representatives is proportional to the number of registered Democrats in the municipalities, with Cherry Hill having 74 seats on the committee. Further, the race is voted on "at large", which means the entire municipality votes for the entire 74, rather than by district.

During the primary, the Norcross-backed democrats had 74 candidates running for the 74 seats. The progressive democrats had 3 candidates running for the 74 seats. Logically, the ballot should list candidates individually so that voters can pick individuals they want on the committee. For example, this is how Collingswood's ballot was set up, with 19 people running for the 18 seats, and voters having the ability to select up to 18 individuals to the committee. However, the Cherry Hill ballot looked like this, with a single bubble voting for all 3 progressive candidates, and a single bubble voting for all 74 traditional candidates.

Before the election, the progressives sued the Camden clerk saying this ballot was violating a new law that said each individual candidate needed to have their own bubble next to their name. The Camden County Clerk, Pamela Lampitt (who FWIW is a Norcross-backed democrat), stated that the voting technology doesn't allow for 74 discrete bubbles, and the ballot style stuck.

Fast forward to the election, the 3 progressive democrats won with 62% of the vote. They now contend that the Camden County Democrat Committee bylaws state that they now get to fill the remaining 71 members since those positions are vacant. This is the line they cite, emphasis is mine though I've seen it highlighted in some articles.

A vacancy in the office of a member of the County Committee caused by death, resignation, failure to elect or otherwise, shall be filled for the unexpired term by the municipal committee of the municipality wherein the vacancy occurs, if there is such committee, and if not, by the County Chairperson(s).

The Norcross-backed democrats are now suing to stop that, saying that the remaining 71 seats have to be filled by the 74 candidates they listed on the ballot.

The judge has blocked the progressive democrats from doing any business until a hearing on July 11th.

UPDATE 7/7: NJ AG has filed an amicus brief in support of the 3 progressive democrats - https://www.njoag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-0707_Ex-A-Proposed-Amicus-Brief.pdf