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HAQQ v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

491 Pa. 299 (1980)

420 A.2d 1327

Shaheed Abdul HAQQ et al., Petitioners, v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terris J. Green, Philadelphia, for petitioners.

David F. Phifer, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of State, Harrisburg, for respondents.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

Order of the Commonwealth Court is affirmed.

NIX, J., files a dissenting statement.

NIX, Justice, dissenting.

Appellant, Shaheed Abdul Haqq, had sought to withdraw as the Consumer Party's candidate for the office of United States House of Representatives, First Congressional District of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth, through the Bureau of Elections, refused to accept Mr. Haqq's proffered withdrawal...

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