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Morrill for Governor
P.O. Box 7571
Reading, PA 19601
http://www.michaelmorrill.org
Contact: Eric Prindle, 570-372-0503
HARRISBURG - Michael Morrill, the Green Party nominee for governor of
Pennsylvania, will hold a press conference on the steps of the state
Capitol in Harrisburg at 2 p.m. Monday, Mar. 25 to discuss the
initiation of legal action to open up Pennsylvania's ballot access
laws.
Currently, Pennsylvania law requires any person who collects signatures
from registered voters to place a candidate on the ballot to be a
registered voter in the district where that candidate is running. Since
the Green Party nominates its candidates using slate nomination papers
that can include multiple candidates, this requirement makes the party's
ballot access efforts significantly more complex than they would be
otherwise.
Morrill will discuss the details of a lawsuit being filed by the Brennan
Center for Justice at New York University on behalf of himself and
several other Green Party candidates seeking to overturn this
requirement.
Other plaintiffs include Ben Price, the Green nominee for U.S.
Representative in District 19; Kurt Shotko, who is seeking the Green
nomination for U.S. Representative in District 10; Guy Anthony, the
Green nominee for State Representative in District 144; and Eric Prindle,
field director for the Morrill campaign.
Who: Michael Morrill, Green Nominee for Governor
What: Press Conference on Ballot Access Legal Action
When: 2 p.m. Monday, Mar. 25
Where: State Capitol, Front Steps
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