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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 13-1704

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Election for the Office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County

[43 Pa.B. 5567]
[Saturday, September 14, 2013]

 On August 30, 2013, the Secretary of the Commonwealth received written notice that Judge D. Webster Keogh has revoked his declaration of candidacy for retention as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth, an election for the judicial office held by Judge Keogh will occur as part of the Municipal Election to be held November 5, 2013.

 In the Municipal Election, the electors of the Commonwealth will elect seven Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Each elector will be entitled to vote for up to seven candidates, with the seven candidates receiving the largest number of valid votes being elected.

 In the Municipal Primary held May 21, 2013, the electors of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party had the opportunity to nominate six candidates for the office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. By law, each of the certified Statewide political parties of this Commonwealth—the Republican Party, the Democratic Party and the Libertarian Party—will be permitted to nominate one additional candidate for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County by submitting to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, no later than September 16, 2013, a nomination certificate in the form prescribed by law and prepared in accordance with the applicable rules of the political party. See sections 978.3, 993 and 994 of the Pennsylvania Election Code (25 P. S. §§ 2938.3, 2953 and 2954). Political bodies will be permitted to nominate a candidate by filing with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, no later than September 16, 2013, nomination papers prepared and submitted in accordance with the requirements of sections 978.3, 993 and 994 of the Pennsylvania Election Code.

CAROL AICHELE, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-1702. Filed for public inspection September 13, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]



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