June 12, 2026
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On September 17, a bill was introduced to the Pennsylvania State Senate by Senator Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon) called the Voters’ Choice Act. If passed, it would make the requirements for ballot access for independents and minor party candidates in the general election the same as those for major party candidates in their primaries.Â…
Press release originally published here
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, [email protected]…
Pennsylvania’s Allentown Morning Call reports Judge Johnny Butler has ruled that Bob Barr may remain on the state’s ballot as the Libertarian presidential candidate. Butler “rejected arguments that the party tricked voters by gathering signatures under another candidate’s name and substituting Barr’s name in August.”…
In saying that the uproar over Snubgate has not cost Bob Barr much, Reason‘s Dave Weigel referred to IPR and its “teargas-choked air,” linking to a story about LP spokesman Andrew Davis’s questionable statement that “Barr will not be removed” from the ballot.…
On September 9, Dr. Steven Porter – running to represent Pennsylvania’s 3rd district in the US Congress – announced that his attorney had filed an appeal to a Senior Commonwealth Court Judge’s decision to throw him off of the ballot.Â…
Pennsylvania’s Oil City Derrick reports James Fryman, the Libertarian nominee in the state’s Fifth District U.S. House race, joined the Democratic and Republican candidates at a Chamber of Commerce forum on Friday.…
The Constitution Party has been suing to get on the Pennsylvania ballot. An update from Ballot Access News:
On September 12, at 6:30 p.m., U.S.
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The Constitution Party of Pennsylvania “has sued the state’s chief elections official, claiming the party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates are unfairly being denied spots on the November ballot,†the AP reports.…
Picked up on Keystone Politics…
In Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional district, which includes Erie and the surrounding area, an independent candidate for US Congress has been removed from the ballot, but “has no intention of dropping out of this race.”…