In Re: Nomination Petition of Joseph Vodvarka as a Candidate of the Democratic Party for the United States Senate in the Primary Election of April 26, 2016 Petition of Joseph A. Sestak, Jr.

Opinion

IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

In Re: Nomination Petition of : Joseph Vodvarka as a Candidate of the : Democratic Party for the United States : No. 126 M.D. 2016 Senate in the Primary Election of : April 26, 2016 : : Petition of: Joseph A. Sestak, Jr. :

AMENDING ORDER

AND NOW, this 31st day of March, 2016, the second sentence of the first full paragraph of my dissenting opinion in the above-matter, filed March 30, 2016, is amended to reflect the following correction:

Unlike the Majority, I would conclude that a discrepancy between an elector’s listed address on a nomination petition and the address indicated in the voter registration record is an amendable defect when: (1) the elector’s signature on the nomination petition matches that of his/her registration card; (2) the elector is a registered voter affiliated with the political party of the candidate; and (3) the address listed on the nomination petition is within the same county and/or political district of the candidate.

________________________________ PATRICIA A. McCULLOUGH, Judge