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WORKING FAMILIES PARTY v. COMMONWEALTH

No. 34 EAP 2017.

209 A.3d 270 (2019)

WORKING FAMILIES PARTY, Christopher M. Rabb, Douglas B. Buchholz, and Kenneth G. Beiser, Appellants v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Robert Torres, in his Official Capacity as Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Jonathan M. Marks, in his Official Capacity as Commissioner, Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation, Department of State, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: June 5, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven David Masters, Esq. , Philadelphia, JustLaws PLLC, Jordan Berson Yeager, Esq. , Doylestown, Curtin & Heefner LLP for Appellants.

Howard Greeley Hopkirk, Esq. , Keli Marie Neary, Esq. , Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Kathleen Marie Kotula, Esq. , Pennsylvania Department of State, for Appellees.

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

OPINION

In this direct appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court, we are asked to determine the constitutionality of provisions of the Election Code1 that prohibit fusion, the process by which two or more political organizations place the same candidate on the ballot...

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