practice have been met with disappointment, with the Secretary of State of New Jersey, Tahesha Way, tossing the party's petition to restore the practice twice. However, lower appeal courts are hearing their petitions with the party hoping their case reaches the Supreme Court of New Jersey by the end of 2023 and eventually be enshrined in an amendment in the Constitution of New Jersey. The party also hopes that their case will reach the Supreme Court of the United States to make the practice legal nationally. The party has seen support from Protect Democracy for their mission of federal fusion voting. The party has also seen support from local members of the Working Families Party and their New Jersey state Director, Sue Altman, as the party would also benefit from the restoration of fusion voting in New Jersey. 2022 election The party found support for their mission from Representative Tom Malinowski, who had seen his district redrawn to include a larger Republican voter base. In reaction to his shifting voter base, Malinowski had rebranded himself as a more centrist candidate and as a fiscal conservative, despite getting into a spat with an actual centrist and fiscally conservative Democratic representative from New Jersey, Josh Gottheimer earlier in his term over the latter not being progressive enough. The party has also attacked Thomas Kean Jr., Malinowski's Republican opponent, for accepting Donald Trump's endorsement. Malinowski fully backed the party and accepted their endorsement despite them not being able to put his name on the ballot a second time, and said that the Moderate Party “alliance between Democrats of all stripes, independents and moderate Republicans”. The party has also drawn support from centrist members of the Democratic party who claim that the party has shifted too far to the left. Additionally, Malinowski, has reached out to both Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger to one day join the party should it ever reach national levels of support. Malinowski would go on to be defeated by Kean 48.5% to 51.5%. Criticism The party has faced criticism from the local New Jersey Republican State Committee, and from Malinowski's Republican opponent Thomas Kean Jr.. These criticisms mostly stem from the fact the party, and its PAC, the Moderate Party Independent Fund which spent $152,000 running attack ads against Kean, are entirely bankrolled by $500,000 from Nancy Pelosi, Michael Bloomberg, Fred Eychaner and James Simons. Additionally Wolfe and Malinowski