A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that local governments, when seeking to have public questions put on the ballot, must have interpretive statements approved in public by the governing body.

A three-judge Appellate Division panel, in a published ruling Monday, said members of the public must have the chance to comment on the interpretive statement, and that the statement cannot merely be submitted to a county elections official by a local clerk without review.

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