via ballot access news
June 20th, 2012
As noted earlier, on May 17, the Constitution Party,
the Green Party, and the Libertarian Party had filed a lawsuit in U.S.
District Court in Philadelphia against the unique Pennsylvania system
that requires petitioning candidates and groups to be subject to as much
as $100,000 in court costs, if their petitions are held to lack enough
valid signatures. That case is Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v
Aichele, 5:12-cv-2726.The state has just asked for, and obtained, a 30-day extension to answer the complaint. The state’s answer is now due July 25
