In re Nomination Petition of McLaughlin

Memorandum Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

In this proceedings under Section 977 of the Pennsylvania Election Code, Act of June 3,1937, P.L. 1333, as amended, 25 P.S. §2937, Francis Z. Tenanglio, an individual qualified to do so, has filed objections to the nomination petition of Charles P. McLaughlin as a candidate for Bepresentative, 159th Legislative District, General Assembly, in the forthcoming Democratic Party primary.

McLaughlin’s nomination petition consisting of two sheets, contains 178 signatures of persons purportedly qualified to sign the petition. The objecting petition *18puts in…