Pia Varma, the only Republican trying to get on the May 18 Republican primary ballot for Pennsylvania’s U.S. House seat, First District, has appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. She was removed from the ballot by the lower court because some of her signatures were gathered by a Republican who didn’t live in the First District. For earlier coverage, see here.

Starting in 2001, there have been at least 12 reported decisions striking down residency requirements for petition circulators, and none upholding them. One of the precedents is from the Eastern District, U.S. District Court, Pennsylvania. It struck down the in-district residency requirement for independent candidate petitions.