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In Re the Nomination Papers of Creighton

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 22, 2006No. 151 M.D. 2006PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Before this Court is a petition filed by Mary Jane Balmer and Ronald C. New-swagner (Objectors) to set aside the nomination petition of Representative Thomas C. Creighton as a candidate in the Republican Party’s primary election for State Representative for the 37th Legislative District. Objectors assert that this nomination petition is fatally defective because a mailing address, as opposed to the place of residence, was used by some of those signing the petition. Because this Court holds that it was not error to use a mailing address, the Court dismisses Objectors’…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Ross Nomination PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. In Re Nomination of FlahertySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. In Re Nomination Petition of JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. In Re Nomination Papers of NaderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. In Re Nomination Petition of BrownCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In re Nomination Petition of VodvarkaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. In Re Nomination Paper of RogersCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  3. In Re: Nomination Petition of Joseph Vodvarka as a Candidate of the Democratic Party for the United States Senate in the Primary Election of April 26, 2016 Petition of Joseph A. Sestak, Jr.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. Com. v. Brashear, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2024
  5. In Re: Nomination Petition of Joseph Vodvarka as a Candidate of the Democratic Party for the United States Senate in the Primary Election of April 26, 2016 Petition of Joseph A. Sestak, Jr.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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