The latest issue of the Ballot Access News arrived yesterday with an article discussing a lawsuit filed on June 9 by the Libertarian and Green parties. The lawsuit’s main focus is the prohibition against out-of-state residents circulating petitions, but other rules are also questioned, including:
1. the requirement that a signer must fill in the year in the “date” column;
2. the notarization requirement;
3. the restriction that forbids residents from two different counties from signing the same sheet.
All of those requirements have no good reason for being other than to make it hard to run for office in Pennsylvania. I don’t know why the Democrats and Republicans have not filed amicus briefs.
Aichele, by the way, is the Secretary of State who pushed for the voter I.D. law.
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