On January 15, 2009, the Pennsylvania Green Party’s US Senate candidate from 2006, Carl Romanelli, again asked the Commonwealth Court for relief from having to pay over $80,000 to the people who challenged his petition. Here is his brief. It mentions the constitutional issue, and argues that U.S. Supreme Court precedent suggests that voters and candidates cannot be charged for the costs of administering elections, particularly if they can’t afford it.

On January 21, the challengers filed a brief in response, but the response brief completely ignores the constitutional argument.