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Court Flips On Signature Rules For PA Nominating Petitions
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Court flips on signature rules for Pa nominating petitions
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Sam Dunklau and Chris PotterApril 8, 2021
People walk by the Pennsylvania Judicial Center Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Yes, there’s another election day just around the corner. It’s May 18. And, in fact, thanks to no-excuse mail ballots, widespread voting is already open.
In addition to deciding local races, voters this year will elect a slew of new judges to Pennsylvania’s three statewide appellate courts judges who will no doubt shape important policy in the state for at least the next decade.
These are some of the most powerful positions in state government. But the elections that determine who gets the jobs tend to get little attention from voters. In the last two judicial election years that featured partisan contests, turnout hovered in the low 20% range, compared with more than 70% turnout in 2020’s record-setting election.
Court flips on signature rules for Pa. nominating petitions
April 8, 2021
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Voters who sign a Pennsylvania political candidate s nominating petition have to list the address where they are registered to vote or it does not count, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The decision overturns a 5-year-old precedent because of a more recent change in state law. The court had previously held that a petition signature could not be invalidated just because the voter s address did not match their voter registration address.
The ruling was made in a challenge to Rania Major s petition to run in the Democratic primary for judge in Philadelphia. The court upheld a decision to keep Major off the ballot.
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