Comments on: Fourteen Pennsylvania Legislators Introduce a Bill to Further Restrict Voting Rights

By: Eric Prindle

Eric Prindle — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:08:41 +0000

Pennsylvania state courts don’t seem to worry about looking bad. They’ve already announced that federal constitutional precedent doesn’t apply to them.

By: Darcy G Richardson

Darcy G Richardson — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:16:59 +0000

Babette Josephs, long considered one of the most progressive lawmakers in the Pennsylvania legislature, should be ashamed of herself. The next thing you know they’ll be making it a felony for a voter to attempt to cast a write-in vote for someone who was arbitrarily knocked off the ballot.

By: Adam Hope

Adam Hope — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:07:42 +0000

Hopefully someone will challenge it on the basis of the PA Supreme Court’s decision. If it goes to court again I can’t see how they could overturn their past decision. (Without looking bad)

By: Eric Prindle

Eric Prindle — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:51:46 +0000

I don’t think this is directly in response to third-party write-in candidacies. Last year, one faction of the Philadelphia Democratic machine got another faction’s candidate for state representative (for an open seat) knocked off the primary ballot; the latter candidate then ran a write-in campaign and almost won. So this is probably the former faction’s bill.

By: Tom Yager

Tom Yager — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:20:48 +0000

Good God. Third parties haven’t been punished enough in Pennsylvania?