Ballot Access News:
The Philadelphia Inquirer of March 11 has this editorial, focusing attention on the fact that the challenge to Ralph Nader’s 2004 Pennsylvania petition was illegally carried out with state resources and state employees. Petition challenges in Pennsylvania are brought by private individuals, yet the people who challenged Nader’s petition used government assets. Nader [...]

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Posted at ModernWhig.org:
Established in 1833, the Whigs are one of America’s oldest mainstream political parties. We were the original party of Abraham Lincoln and four other U.S. Presidents.
Revived by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, the grassroots movement has quickly new members. We represent the moderate voters from all walks of life who cherry-pick between traditional Republican [...]

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A press release from the Green Party of Pennsylvania:
Monroeville, PA – On Feb. 21, 2010, the Green Party of Pennsylvania elected
a new Steering Committee for 2010.  I.K. Samways and Katrina Brabham of
Pittsburgh were elected as Chair and Secretary, respectively, while Vivek
Ananthan of Philadelphia was retained as party Treasurer.  Mr. Samways had
been serving as interim Secretary [...]

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From Ballot Access News:

The Pennsylvania Green Party held a state nominating convention February 20-21 near Pittsburgh, and nominated a candidate for U.S. Senate, one for U.S. House, and four state house candidates. The party will attempt to place all its nominees on the 2010 ballot.
The U.S. Senate candidate, Mel Packer, needs 19,056 valid signatures, due [...]

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Posted by request from Ross Levin:
At our February meeting the Montco Greens endorsed
Hugh Giordano
as our Green Party Candidate for Representative in the 194th District.
The District is located in Philadelphia and portions of Montgomery County.
Hugh is having a fundraiser on March 5th, 6:30-8-30 at
Holy Smokes BBQ
473 Leverington Avenue, (off Ridge Ave, In Roxborough)
Philadelphia, PA 19128
$30 [...]

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From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
The Green Party of Pennsylvania will hold its convention in Monroeville this weekend to nominate candidates for local, state and federal offices.
The convention keynote speaker at a dinner Saturday evening is Mel Packer, a well-known peace activist and union organizer who participated in organizing resistance to the G20 Summit held in Pittsburgh [...]

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From the Delaware County Daily Times:
The Delaware County Green Party will present Sylvia Metzler, who will speak on her recent experiences in Honduras as part of a Quest for Peace Delegation, from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday with a home-cooked brunch. The presentation will be held at The Peace Center of Delaware County, 1001 Olde Sproul Road, [...]

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Andrew Seder
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
Tim Mullen, a registered nurse and retired Army reservist, is making it a three-way race for the state 120th Legislative District seat held by Rep. Phyllis Mundy for two decades.
The Kingston Township man on Thursday announced his candidacy on the Libertarian ticket, a party he has been a registered member of since [...]

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Ballot Access News:
The Third Circuit could issue an opinion in Baldwin v Cortes at any time. There will be no oral argument, and the three judges will rule strictly from having read the briefs. Here is the Constitution Party’s opening brief; here is the state’s brief; here is the Constitution Party’s reply [...]

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The Philadelphia Inquirer has a story about ethical problems with the Pennsylvania court system. The story says that the state’s Judicial Conduct Board, which is supposed to investigate ethics problems with state court judges, does not do its job and is intent on keeping its actions secret from other government agencies.

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The Pennsylvania Attorney General indicted four more Pennsylvania public employees or officials for using public resources to help on election campaigns. These indictments are in addition to others announced earlier this year and are connected to the work done on petition challenges to the Green Party statewide petition in 2006, and the Ralph Nader petition in 2004.

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Thans to an email tip sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com:
Posted at http://www.gordonforpagovernor.com/:

Hello and thank you for taking the time to look at this site. My name is Richard Gordon, and while the usual candidates are waiting to see who is going to give them ten million dollars to launch their campaigns, I stand before you now and [...]

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As reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer:

John Famularo, 70, a Libertarian force
By Sally A. Downey
Inquirer Staff Writer
John D. Famularo, 70, of Center City, a computer consultant and leader in the Libertarian Party, died of complications from multiple myeloma Monday at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Mr. Famularo was secretary of the National Libertarian Party and former treasurer of [...]

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At Ballot Access News, there are several cases and developments being watched in regards to ballot access and the courts in Pennsylvania. Here are three articles with situations worth watching: 1. Discussion of a new judge on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and a list of past concerns with the court. 2. Nader’s request for a re-hearing concerning the court ordering him to pay money to the people who challenged his petition. 3. An update on a ballot access case, The Constitution Party of Pennsylvania, et al v Cortes. The plaintiffs for the case include the Constitution Party, the Green Party and the Libertarian Party. Richard Winger of Ballot Access News believes that this is an important ballot access case to watch.

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In Pennsylvania, in the race for Superior Court Judge, Marakay Rogers received about 13% of the vote of the highest vote getter. That means that Marakay Rogers has secured the Libertarian Party in Pennsylvania its minor party status for the next two years.

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