Legal Opinion
Green Party of Pennsylvania v. Department of State Bureau of Commissions
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 3, 2017No. 11 MAP 2017Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JUSTICE MUNDY
Due to the impending special election on March 21, 2017, we resolved the instant matter by per curiam Order on March 3, 2017. See Green Party of Pa. v. Dep’t of State Bureau of Comm’ns, — Pa. -, 161 A.3d 172 (2017) (affirming the Commonwealth Court’s denial of mandamus relief). The Order left in place the Bureau’s determination that Honkala was ineligible to appear on the ballot as a candidate in the special election. We now set forth the reasons for our decision.
On January 13, 2017, the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Mike Turzai, issued a writ of…
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