In re Petition to Set Aside Certain Nominating Petitions for Office of Lower Moreland Township School Director

I respectfully dissent. Against the long established practice, the majority holds where cross-filings are allowed, that a candidate of one party who has cross-filed has standing to challenge the nomination petitions of individuals of a candidate of another party.

The reasoning behind the majority opinion is that in In re: Nominating Petition of Pasquay, 105 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 532, 535, 525 A.2d 13, 14 (1987), aff'd, 515 Pa. 453, 529 A.2d 1076 (1987), we stated that “[t]he factor that elevates the general interest of each registered voter to challenge a candidate’s nomination petition is that…