On October 17, the Philadelphia Libertarian Party sent a courteous, formal letter to the Philadelphia County elections office, notifying the county of who the Libertarian write-in nominees are, and asking that write-ins be counted and tallied.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court long ago ruled that the state Constitution requires write-in space on Pennsylvania ballots. And the election law says that all votes are to be counted and tallied, even write-in votes. Nevertheless, Philadelphia election officials routinely ignore all write-in votes and never even mention how many were cast, much less revealing who received them. This policy of Philadelphia and certain other counties is being challenged in a case now pending in the 3rd circuit. It would be a good idea for the Libertarian Party to send similar notices to other counties, and also a good idea for the Green, Constitution, and Socialist Workers Parties to send similar letters. All these parties have write-in candidates for Pennsylvania statewide office this year.
The Socialist Workers statewide write-in candidates are: Brian Nevins for Governor, and Osborne Hart for U.S. Senate.
The Constitution Party statewide write-in candidates are: John Krupa for Governor, Ed Roberson for Lieutenant Governor, and Donald John for U.S. Senate.
The Green Party statewide write-in candidate is: Mel Packer for U.S. Senate.
The Libertarian statewide write-in candidates, mentioned in the letter, are: Marakay Rogers for Governor, Kat Valleley for Lieutenant Governor, and Douglas M. Jamison for U.S. Senate.
Pennsylvania is the only large-population state this year to have a complete Democratic-Republican ballot monopoly for all statewide offices.
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What would the 4 July 1776 folks in Philly have to say and write about the Donkey/Elephant regimes in PA ???
— or even perhaps do about such regimes.
A second DOI ???
Any chance that Jimmy Carter will fly to Pennsylvania to ensure that votes are counted? Not sure if people are eligible to win two Nobel Peaces Prizes, but if he did this it could at least give him a top ten finish…
Theoretically, it’s possible for an individual to win more than one Nobel Peace Prize, but there are so many candidates to be considered for the prize among the different causes that the Nobel committee might want to endorse that it is unlikely that any individual will ever win a second Nobel Peace Prize. (However, among institutions, the International Committee for the Red Cross has won three times, and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has won twice.)
This also most likely means there will be NO minor parties in existence in PA come 2011 (at least as state law defines them).
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I emailed Mel Packer to confirm if he is running a write-in campaign for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. His response was, “absolutely NOT…”
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