Legal Opinion
In Re Nomination Petition of Berg
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 21, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOYLE, Judge.
Before this Court is the petition to set aside the nomination petition of Phil Berg as a candidate, in the primary election of the Democratic Party, for the office of Governor. Additionally before the Court is Berg’s motion to dismiss the petition to set aside based on a challenge to Section 912.1(3) of the Election Code, 1 on constitutional grounds.
The challenge to Berg’s nomination petition alleged that, although Berg had accumulated over 3000 signatures statewide, he failed to obtain 100 valid signatures from Democratic electors of 10 counties within the Commonwealth.…
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