the legislature is going to tackle the state's ballot Design After all through a new bipartisan assembly select committee that's pledging to hold public hearings on the issue and find legislative Solutions after talking to experts around the country speaker Craig Coughlin and assembly minority leader John DiMaio today unveiled a 12 member committee with six lawmakers from each party and two co-chairs this all stems from a years-long lawsuit challenging the legality of a Party line ballot which allows candidates to group together in a shared row or column research shows it gives those candidates an unfair Advantage it all came to a head after Congressman Andy Kim joined the fight and a US district judge ordered office block voting during the June Democratic primary lawmakers quickly chimed in saying the decision should be left to the legislature not the courts several Counties have already settled and agreed not to use county lines moving forward [Music]