Lingenfelter candidacy struck down

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

The Bucks County Courier Times reported the following (link to article) Tom Lingenfelter will not be running for Congress this fall. A Commonwealth Court judge presided Thursday in Harrisburg over a challenge of the Bucks County man’s nominating petition and decided that Lingenfelter did not have enough signatures overcome the challenge of four 8th district [...]

4 debates schedules

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

There are four debates scheduled for the Congressional 8th district.  The debates will include Mike Fitzpatrick and Patrick Murphy.  Tom Lingenfelter’s petitions are being challenged so it’s questionable as to whether he will participate or not. You can read more about the debates in this Bucks County Courier Times article. Here are the scheduled debates: [...]

1 million voters left out in PA primary

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

I ran across this Tribune-Review article today.  It talks about PA being one of fourteen states (all of my searches have yielded more than 14 states) with a closed-primary.  A closed-primary is one in which Independent voters do not participate.  This article really got me thinking.  While it makes sense for members of political parties to vote [...]