Philadelphia Republican Write-in Candidates for Party Office Win Lawsuit

Last week, a Pennsylvania state trial court interpreted the election code to not require write-in candidates for party office to get a minimum of ten write-in votes in the primary. See this story. The law appears to contradict itself on the minimum number of write-ins needed to be seated. One part of the law sets a minimum number of write-ins, but another part of the law says that whoever gets the most write-ins can be seated, regardless of how few write-ins they receive.


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Philadelphia Republican Write-in Candidates for Party Office Win Lawsuit — 4 Comments

  1. Each ballot qualified party should be able to decide for itself how many minimum write-in votes are required for nominations in their own primaries.

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