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REPLY IN SUPPORT OF PLTFFS MOTION
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DEFENDANTS FEES COURT ANDERSON SCRUTINY FILING JUSTIFY CANDIDATES BULLOCK RESTRICT DEFERENTIAL REVIEW LEGISLATURE RENEWED MOTION SUMMARY JUDGMENT OPPOSITION MEMORANDUM REGULATION LUBIN SUPPORT BURDICK FILING DEADLINE CONSTITUTION COSTS QUOTING WAIVER BURDENS VOTING RIGHTS GRANT CITES |
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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THOMAS ALAN LINZEY, JOHN STITH, )
PENNSYLVANIA GREEN PARTY, and )
WILL
DONOVAN
III,
)
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Plaintiffs,
)
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v. )
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KIM
PIZZINGRILLI,
) CIVIL
ACTION
in her official capacity as ) NO. 3:CV-00-1300
Secretary of State ) JUDGE CAPUTO
of Pennsylvania, and )
RICHARD
FILLING,
)
in his official capacity as )
the Commissioner overseeing )
Pennsylvania's Bureau of )
Commissions, Elections and )
Legislation,
)
)
Defendants.
)
____________________________________)
REPLY IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS'
RENEWED MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
The arguments made by defendants in opposition to plaintiffs' motion
for summary judgment are generally addressed in plaintiffs' memorandum in
opposition to defendants' motion for summary judgment ("Plaintiffs'
Opposition"). To avoid repetition, Plaintiffs hereby incorporate the
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MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF MOTION
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FILING FEES PLAINTIFFS BALLOT PENNSYLVANIA VOTERS ELECTION BULLOCK GREEN PARTY PAY QUALIFICATION COURT SIGNATURES NOMINATION PAPERS LUBIN VOTE RELIEF BALLOT ACCESS CONSTITUTION HARDSHIP SUPPORT SUFFER PAYING DISTRICT PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION COMMONWEALTH PRIMARIES RIGHTS HARM JOHNSON |
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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WILLIAM M. BELITSKUS, ANNE )
GOEKE, THOMAS ALAN LINZEY, )
BARBARA KNOX, JOHN STITH, )
ERIC PRINDLE, JENNARO PULLANO, )
RALPH NADER, NADER 2000 )
PRIMARY COMMITTEE, )
PENNSYLVANIA GREEN PARTY, and )
WILL DONOVAN III, ) Civil Action No.
))
Plaintiffs, ))
v. ))
KIM PIZZINGRILLI, )
in her official capacity as Secretary of State )
of Pennsylvania, and )
RICHARD FILLING, )
in his official capacity as the Commissioner )
overseeing Pennsylvania's Bureau of )
Commissions, Elections and Legislation, ))
Defendants. ))
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MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
The Plaintiffs seek to enjoin Defendants from enforcing the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania's requirement at 25 P.S. §§ 2873, 2911, 2913, and 2914 that all candidates
for elected office pay a filing fee in order to gain access to the ballot, without any
provision for a waiver of such fee or alternative means of ballot qualification. The
United States Supreme Court has held that such filing fee systems violate the Equal
1
Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Bullock v.
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MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PLTFFS RENEWED MOTION
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CANDIDATES PLAINTIFFS BALLOT DEFENDANTS PENNSYLVANIA GREEN PARTY PAY COURT SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION JOHN STITH PARTIES COMMONWEALTH THOMAS ALAN LINZEY MANDATORY CANDIDATE FILING WAIVER TESTIMONY STATEWIDE OFFICE MATERIAL FACTS LEGISLATION MEMORANDUM QUALIFYING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS SIGNATURES PETITIONS CONSTITUTION SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS DEFENDANTS ADMISSION LEGITIMATE STATE |
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
____________________________________
THOMAS ALAN LINZEY, JOHN STITH, )
PENNSYLVANIA GREEN PARTY, and )
WILL
DONOVAN
III,
)
)
Plaintiffs,
)
)
v. )
)
KIM
PIZZINGRILLI,
) CIVIL
ACTION
in her official capacity as ) NO. 3:CV-00-1300
Secretary of State ) JUDGE CAPUTO
of Pennsylvania, and )
RICHARD
FILLING,
)
in his official capacity as )
the Commissioner overseeing )
Pennsylvania's Bureau of )
Commissions, Elections and )
Legislation,
)
)
Defendants.
)
____________________________________)
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' RENEWED
MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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COMPLAINT
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CANDIDATES FILING FEE BALLOT PLAINTIFF ELECTIONS AFFLUENT SEGMENT PENNSYLVANIA COMMUNITY PENNSYLVANIA LAW DISTRICT RESIDES REPRESENTING PAYING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP NADER INTENDS GREEN PARTY EQUAL PROTECTION CONSTITUTION PAY QUALIFICATION PROTECTION CLAUSE AMENDMENT FILING FEE SYSTEM NOMINATION DEFENDANTS PRESIDENT SUPPORT VOTE STATEWIDE |
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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WILLIAM M. BELITSKUS, R.D. #1 )
Box 172B, Kane, PA 16735; )
ANNE GOEKE, 730 Hamilton Street, )
Lancaster, PA 17602; )
THOMAS ALAN LINZEY, 2244 Lindsay )
Lot Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257; )
BARBARA KNOX, R.D. #1 Box 357, )
Blairs Mills, PA 17213; )
JOHN STITH, 1007 Golfview )
Avenue #32, State College, PA 16801; )
ERIC PRINDLE, Susquehanna University, )
Selinsgrove, PA 17870; )
JENNARO PULLANO, 117 Blair Avenue, )
Reading, PA 19601; )
RALPH NADER, 1225 15th Street, NW, )
Washington, D.C. 20005 )
NADER 2000 PRIMARY COMMITTEE, )
1225 15th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. )
20005; )
PENNSYLVANIA GREEN PARTY, )
P.O. Box 7413, Lancaster, PA 17604; and ) COMPLAINT
WILL DONOVAN III, 330 Fifth Avenue, )
State College, PA 16803, ) Civil Action No.
)
Plaintiffs, ))
v. ))
KIM PIZZINGRILLI, in her official )
capacity as Secretary of State of )
Pennsylvania, 302 North Office Building, )
Harrisburg, PA 17120; and )
RICHARD FILLING, in his official )
capacity as the Commissioner overseeing )
Pennsylvania's Bureau of Commissions, )
Elections and Legislation, 302 North Office )
Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120 ))
Defendants. ))
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Plaintiffs, by and through their attorneys, allege and say the following:
INTRODUCTION
1. This is a civil action for declaratory and injunctive relief arising under the
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