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In Re Nomination Petition of Fowler

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 8, 1990No. 770 C.D. 1990PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DOYLE, Judge.

Before us for consideration is the appeal of Ronald Sharper from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which denied his petition to set aside the nomination petition of Marsha Fowler as a candidate for Democratic Party Ward Executive Committee in the Fifty-first Ward, Fifteenth Division. We affirm.

*640The issue before the common pleas court which is now before this Court on appeal is whether Fowler’s failure to affix her signature to the circulator’s affidavit was an amendable defect under Section 977 of the Pennsylvania Election Code (Election Code),1 25…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ross Nomination PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. In Re Nomination of CianfraniSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. In Re the Nomination Petition of KloiberCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Wolfe v. SWITAJCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. In re Nomination Petition of GrahamCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In Re Nomination Petition of PaytonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  2. Bedow v. CortesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  3. In Re Nomination Petition of FowlerCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. In Re TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. In re Nomination Petition of GrahamCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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