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Proposed Resolution Reassures ‘Ineligible’ Candidates Kept Off Ballots

  • Writer: Chris Pielli
    Chris Pielli
  • Jan 13
  • 1 min read

"President Donald Trump is ineligible to run for a third term in office, but that hasn’t stopped him from floating the idea to the press.


But whether or not the president’s comments are in jest, some of his opponents in Pennsylvania are worried.


Rep. Chris Pielli, D-West Chester, is concerned enough that he’s put forward a resolution in the Pennsylvania House. If passed, it would urge the Secretary of the Commonwealth to comply with election law by removing from the ballot “any individual who violates the qualifications or requirements for the office for which they are running.”


“This will demonstrate to Pennsylvanians that their government is committed to ensuring that their elected officials are chosen properly while sending a message to all political candidates that we remain a Country of laws and they cannot cheat their way into power,” Pielli wrote in a memo introducing the resolution."


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