Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Says Green Party Has the Authority to Block a Petitioning Candidate Who Uses “Green” Label But Whom the Party Disavows

Posted on by September 5, 2026

On September 4, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court removed Andrew Tupone from the November ballot. He had enough valid signatures to be on the November ballot for U.S. House, 7th district. But he used the Green Party ballot label, even though the Green Party (which is not a qualified party) does not recognize him as a bona fide member of the party. See this story.

Here is the Opinion. In the Nomination Paper of Tupone, 366 MD 2026.

This appears to be the first time Pennsylvania state courts have recognized party name protection for an unqualified party. Nothing in the Pennsylvania election code says unqualified parties have such protection for their party name. It is not known if Tupone will appeal.

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Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Says Green Party Has the Authority to Block a Petitioning Candidate Who Uses “Green” Label But Whom the Party Disavows — 14 Comments

  2. What about the other Republican dark money Green Party candidate for US House and the one for State Senate?

  6. SCOTUS ARGU —

    And on Dec. 8, the justices will hear oral argument in Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota, a challenge to Arizona’s requirement that applicants using the state’s voter-registration form provide proof that they are U.S. citizens, which also raises the question whether a federal law, the National Voter Registration Act, allows states to remove noncitizens from its voting rolls within 90 days of a federal election.

  9. Could a court remove a Green Party candidate who won the Green Party’s primary? As in Arizona? Can a party prevent any candidate it doesn’t like from being on the general election ballot even if they won a primary?

  13. t happened once before. The Hawaiian Green Party removed two of its candidates because they were Pro-Life.

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