NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Election for the Office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County
[49 Pa.B. 5077]
[Saturday, August 31, 2019]On August 19, 2019, the Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth (Acting Secretary) received written notice that Judge F.P. Kimberly McFadden has revoked her declaration of candidacy for retention as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County. Under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth, an election for the judicial office held by Judge McFadden will occur as part of the municipal election to be held November 5, 2019.
In the municipal election, the electors of Northampton County will elect two judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County. Each elector will be entitled to vote for up to two candidates, with the two candidates receiving the largest number of valid votes being elected.
In the municipal primary held May 21, 2019, the electors of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party each nominated the same candidate for the office of judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County. By law, each of the certified Statewide political parties of the Commonwealth—the Democratic Party and the Republican Party—will be permitted to nominate one additional candidate for the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County by submitting to the Acting Secretary, no later than September 16, 2019, a nomination certificate in the form prescribed by law and prepared in accordance with the applicable rules of the political party. See 25 P.S. §§ 2938.3; 2953; and 2954. Political bodies will be permitted to nominate a candidate by filing with the Acting Secretary, no later than September 16, 2019, nomination papers prepared and submitted in accordance with the requirements of the Pennsylvania Election Code. Id.
Additional information is available on the Department of State's publicly accessible web site at www.dos.pa.gov.
KATHY BOOCKVAR,
Acting Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 19-1331. Filed for public inspection August 30, 2019, 9:00 a.m.]
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