On September 9, a Pennsylvania state trial court ruled in favor of Ray Tonkin, who is running for re-election as District Attorney of Pike County. Tonkin is a registered Republican. He lost the race for the Republican nomination in this year’s primary, but he won the Democratic primary on write-in votes at the primary.
Some challengers then tried to remove him from the general election ballot on the grounds that he didn’t pay the $100 filing fee. He had already paid one filing fee when he filed in the Republican primary, but the challengers said that fee can’t cover his Democratic primary win. However, the challengers lost in court. See this story.
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