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Critz challenges Altmire petitions
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Feb 23, 2012 03:36pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Tim McNulty |
| News Date | Tuesday, February 21, 2012 09:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Democrat Mark Critz's campaign is challenging primary rival Jason Altmire's nominating petitions in state Commonwealth Court, charging almost 950 of them are invalid.
Altmire, D-McCandless filed 1,651 petition signatures for the 12th District race, but the Critz camp claims 942 should be tossed out. Congressional candidates need 1,000 valid signatures to make the April 24 primary ballot.
We haven't yet seen the complaint, but the Critz campaign says 610 of the signatures were collected by a "defective circulator," someone who lives in the city of Pittsburgh outside the Pa-12 lines. (It mostly covers parts of Beaver and Allegheny counties north of the city, over Critz's base in Cambria and Somerset.)
No hearing date was yet scheduled on the Commonwealth Court site. A statement from the Johnstown Democrat is after the jump." |
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