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Today, the US Supreme Court refused to hear Nader v Serody, no. 04-550. This was Nader’s appeal of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that kept him off the ballot last year.

The issue in the Pennsylvania case was somewhat inappropriate for the US Supreme Court. It was strictly a matter of proper interpretation of Pennsylvania state law, not a constitutional case. It is unclear whether Pennsylvania actually requires petition signers to be registered voters, or just eligible to register to vote. Nader’s US Supreme Court appeals from Texas and Oregon are still pending.

On January 6, 2005, supporters of Donna Frye filed a new lawsuit, to validate write-in votes for Frye that have been considered invalid votes. If the lawsuit succeeds, Frye will become Mayor, since she received more votes than any other candidate, but not all of them are considered valid. Lawrence v Murphy, GIC 840839. The lawsuit was filed by Fred Woocher, one of the leading election law attorneys in California.