On October 10, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that signatures on petitions are valid even if the signer forgot, or didn’t know, to include “2012” in the date column. This decision reverses the 2-1 decision of the Commonwealth Court.
This decision has no effect for the Libertarian Party statewide petition, which had already been shown to be valid. But it will be of help in future years. Furthermore, it is conceivable that if the Constitution Party had not withdrawn its statewide petition this year, given this decision, it might also have had enough valid signatures. Thanks to Larry Otter for this news. The Supreme Court decision mentions “common sense” in its decision. The petition forms all say “Revised 1/2012” at the bottom.