Court Opinion

ID: 9700651
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 21:40:16.087269+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:00:11.257072
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FRIEDMAN, Judge,
concurring.
I concur rather than join in the majority opinion because I believe that a person becomes a candidate at the moment that person circulates a petition for nomination to a particular office.1

. Section 1621 of the Election Code, Act of June 3, 1937, P.L. 1333, as amended, added by section 2 of the Act of October 4, 1978, P.L. 893, 25 P.L. § 3241 (emphasis added). defines the word “candidate” as "any individual who seeks nomination or election to public office, other than a judge of elections or inspector of elections, whether or not such individual is nominated or elected.” See also 25 P.S. §§ 2861-2960.