Pennsylvania holds a statewide election on November 3, 2015. The voter turnout will determine how many signatures are required for statewide minor party and independent candidates in 2016. According to this Lancaster newspaper, observers of politics are expecting a low turnout.
The only statewide partisan elections are judicial races. The formula for determining how many signatures are needed for statewide office in 2016 is 2% of the vote total, for the highest vote-getting judicial candidate.
In the 2013 election, voter turnout was extraordinarily low, resulting in a 2014 petition requirement of 16,639, the lowest in Pennsylvania since the existing law had been in effect (the law was passed in 1971). Nevertheless, no statewide minor party or independent petitions succeeded in 2014.
Isn’t there an independent candidate on the ballot for the judicial race this year?
Yes, three seats are open for State Supreme Court Justice. Three Republicans, three Democrats, and one independent, are on the ballot for
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