On September 17, Constitution Party nominee Jim Barr, running for the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Council, won his lawsuit in lower state court. His petition had been challenged by his Republican opponent. The judge initially ruled that because some of the signatures were illegible, the candidate had not established that he had the required 250 valid signatures. But the judge’s initial ruling said that if Barr could bring the signers to court in a later proceeding, and if enough of them testified that they did sign, then he could get back on the ballot.

No one expected Barr to accept the judge’s invitation, but he did. He subpoened almost all the voters who signed, whose signature had been ruled illegible. It worked, as this story explains. Barr did not have an attorney and represented himself. Thanks to Ed Bortz for the link.