Reuther v. Del. Cnty. Bureau of Elections

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

JUSTICE WECHT

This appeal requires us to determine whether a candidate who obtains access to the ballot by write-in vote must have her name stricken from that ballot if she fails to file a Statement of Financial Interests *304 ("SOFI") with the appropriate authorities in the requisite time frame. Because the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act ("Ethics Act") 1 imposes this consequence only upon candidates who petition to appear on the ballot, we hold that it is inapplicable to write-in candidates. Therefore, we affirm the…