I have wondered all along if there are Democrats who signed Schneller’s petitions who previously signed Lentz petitions because that would void these Schneller signatures . Citizens only have one vote for U.S. Congress, so they can only sign one candidate’s petition for this office for each election . Even most politicians are not aware of this .

Sorry, you are wrong about this.That is not the law.

meehan did not do the work to.find 4000 dogs bad I am sure….his challenge is as much of a fraud as he is.

Just for clarification, Jim Schneller filed Nomination Papers, while Lentz and Meehan filed Nomination Petitions. The law is very clear about distinguishing between Papers and Petitions.

This is going to be too good to miss.

Maybe he’ll enter a pair of rats pushing around a pancake as evidence.

Tony Soprano,

Ha! Awesome.

If only you had remembered that it’s mice pushing a pancake and not rats, I would have officially awarded you best pa2010.com comment ever.

Still, pretty good.

Dan Hirschhorn

Lentz is a lawyer.

I think he should help Schneller’s defense as a pro bono case.

Can anyone cite a case ( and the Libertarian Party handbook is not case law ), that would allow a citizen to sign petitions for two candidates in the same election for the same office because one candidacy is independent ?
I have watched several proceedings that would indicate there is no difference between nomination papers and petitions in this regard , but if someone shows me otherwise , then I will yield politely .

Dan,

I’m humbled by the mention, but I must protest that the distinction between mice and rats is hardly sufficient to deny me the honor of best PA2010 comment, ever. Either way, I still have two and a half months to earn the title!

David Diano,

As usual, you spout your partisan nonsense but in a way you might be on to something… does a pro bono defense constitute an in-kind contribution regulated by FEC regulations? If so, does that mean any individual lawyer could only give up to $2,400 of his time to help out Schneller? Dan, these are interesting questions that might be worth answering.

And Diano… how much did the Meehan people have to pay you to get you to suggest that Lentz ought to defend a crazy birther dude in court? Can you even imagine what those TV ads would look like after that? And yes, I know you were being sarcastic…

Martel, I don’t know nearly enough about these kinds of laws to answer you, but again, I think the actual laws surrounding all of this would be fascinating to learn about. Dan… again, I think it would be immensely informative (to me, as someone tangentially involved in the process) for you to sort of outline what these petition challenges (both here in the 7th and across the rest of the state) really mean and what the actual law is surrounding them.

If I remember correctly 4 years ago Ed Rendell signed the Green Party’s candidate for governor’s nominating papers. And it was covered by the press.

Tony-
Was the your first clue?

From Wikipedia:
Pro bono publico (usually shortened to pro bono) is a phrase derived from Latin meaning “for the public good”. The term is generally used to describe professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment as a public service. It is common in the legal profession and is increasingly seen in marketing, technology, and strategy consulting firms. Pro bono service, unlike traditional volunteerism, uses the specific skills of professionals to provide services to those who are unable to afford them.

There is certainly an argument to be made for fighting the unfair voting rules as being in the public good. And, from Lentz’s perspective, anything that helps him and hurts Meehan is in the public good as well.

Dond ,
You may be right but that meant one of two things – either Rendell never signed his own petition or he was clever enough to know that if challenged his signature would not help the Green candidate because it would be stricken.Or the Green Party candidate was a nice looking blonde .