Pennsylvania Primary Petitioning Period May be Shrunk from Three Weeks to Two Weeks

Normally, Pennsylvania candidates seeking a spot on a primary ballot must petition inside a 3-week window. This year, the State Elections office wants to cut that period to just two weeks. Yet the office doesn’t recommend that the number of signatures be any less. See this story.

In Pennsylvania, only parties with at least 15% registration membership are entitled to have primaries, so this problem only affects Republicana and Democrats.


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