Objection Petitions, Related Court Orders and Other Filings
Objections to Nomination Petitions/Papers of Candidates for Statewide and State-Level Office
This webpage contains copies of all Petitions to Set Aside Nomination Petitions/Papers (Objection Petitions) filed in the Commonwealth Court’s original jurisdiction related to the nomination petitions/papers of candidates for statewide and state-level office. (Statewide and state-level offices include but are not limited to federal offices such as president, vice-president, senator, and representative in Congress; state offices having statewide authority such as governor; offices based on election district such as state legislative seats; and judges of the courts of common pleas and Philadelphia Municipal Court. Candidates for statewide and state-level offices file their nomination petitions or papers with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.) Objections to nomination petitions or papers that are originally filed with local county boards of elections must be filed in the court of common pleas having venue (NOT in the Commonwealth Court), and are not listed on this webpage. See 42 Pa.C.S. § 931.
Pursuant to the Notice and Order in In re Objections to Nomination Petitions/Papers of Candidates for Statewide and State-Level Office (Pa. Cmwlth., No. 126 Misc. Dkt. No. 3, dated July 19, 2023) (Notice and Order), posting of an Objection Petition on this webpage constitutes service of the Objection Petition on the candidate.
In addition to the Objection Petitions, the Commonwealth Court posts Scheduling and Case Management Orders on this webpage for each respective matter. Pursuant to the Notice and Order, posting of a Scheduling and Case Management Order on this webpage constitutes service of the Order on the objector(s) and the candidate. Pursuant to the Notice and Order, the parties shall frequently monitor this webpage for additional postings.
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