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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 11-1443

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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

[41 Pa.B. 4595]
[Saturday, August 20, 2011]

 On July 26, 2011, the Secretary of the Commonwealth received written notice that Judge Howland Abramson has revoked his declaration of candidacy for retention as a Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth, an election for the judicial office held by Judge Abramson will occur as part of the Municipal Election to be held November 8, 2011.

 In the Municipal Election, the electors of the Commonwealth will elect 11 Judges of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Each elector will be entitled to vote for up to 11 candidates, with the 11 candidates receiving the largest number of valid votes being elected.

 In the Municipal Primary held May 17, 2011, the electors of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party nominated ten candidates for the office of Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. By law, each of the certified Statewide political parties of this Commonwealth—the Republican Party and the Democratic Party—will be permitted to nominate one additional candidate for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas by submitting to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, no later than September 19, 2011, 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 19, 2011, 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. 11-1443. Filed for public inspection August 19, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]


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