IN RE NOMINATION PAPERS OF ROGERS

No. 426 M.D. 2006.

908 A.2d 948 (2006)

In re NOMINATION PAPERS OF Marakay ROGERS, Christina Valente and Carl J. Romanelli as Candidates of an Independent Political Body for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Senator in the General Election of November 7, 2006. William R. Caroselli, Fred R. Levin, Daniel J. Anders and Peter D. Winebrake, Petitioners.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 8, 2006.

Publication Ordered September 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford B. Levine, Pittsburgh, for petitioners.

Lawrence M. Otter, Doylestown, for respondents.


OPINION BY President Judge COLINS.

Before the Court is Candidate Carl Romanelli's challenge to Section 951 of the Election Code,1 25 P.S. § 2911, which requires that a minor party candidate for statewide office at the 2006 General Election submit nomination papers containing 67,070 valid signatures. This number is calculated under Section 951 by taking two (2 percent) of the "largest entire vote for any elected candidate in the State...

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