Legal Opinion

In re Nomination Petition of Graham

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 8, 1990No. 771 C.D. 1990PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DOYLE, Judge.

Before us for consideration is the appeal of Vivian T. Miller from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which denied her petition to set aside the nomination petition of Josephine Graham as a candidate for Democratic Party Ward Executive Committee, Fifty-first Ward, Tenth Division. We affirm.

The issue before the common pleas court which is now before this Court on appeal is whether a “mismatched” circulator’s affidavit attached to Graham’s nomination petition is an amendable defect under Section 977 of the Pennsylvania Election Code (Election Code),1 25…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ross Nomination PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Wolfe v. SWITAJCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  3. In Re Nomination Petition of MinottiCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In Re Nomination Petition of FowlerCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  2. In Re the Nomination Papers of MannCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  3. In Re Nomination Petition of FowlerCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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