On July 31, Paul Panepinto, independent candidate for Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice, filed approximately 28,000 signatures to be on the November 3, 2015 ballot. He is the first petitioning candidate for that office since 1993. The requirement is slightly more than 16,000 signatures. The requirement would be higher, except the 1993 petitioning candidate, Robert Surrick, won a lawsuit in 1993 to lower the number of signatures for statewide judicial candidates who petition in odd years.

Given the victory against the Pennsylvania system for checking signatures on July 24, it will be interesting to see if anyone challenges Panepinto’s petition. The victory in court on July 24, 2015, only applies to Constitution, Green, and Libertarian petitions.