PENNSYLVANIA, October 26 - WHEREAS, State law also requires gubernatorial and lieutenant

gubernatorial candidates to demonstrate that the candidate meets

qualifications to hold office, including citizenship, duration

of in-State residency, compliance with section 5 of Article IV

of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and compliance with the

disqualification clause; and

WHEREAS, State law requires candidates for State Senator or

Representative in the General Assembly to demonstrate that the

candidate meets qualifications to hold office, including

citizenship, duration of in-State and in-district residency,

compliance with section 5 of Article II of the Constitution of

Pennsylvania and compliance with the disqualification clause;

and

WHEREAS, State law requires other elected offices in this

Commonwealth such as justices, judges, district justices, county

or local officials and school directors to demonstrate that the

candidate meets qualifications to hold office, including

citizenship, residency and compliance with the disqualification

clause; and

WHEREAS, It is the responsibility of the Secretary of the

Commonwealth to uphold the Constitution of the United States,

the Constitution of Pennsylvania and all electoral laws of this

Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, It is the fundamental responsibility and legal

obligation of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to adhere to the

disqualification clause and exclude from a presidential ballot

an ineligible candidate; and

WHEREAS, In keeping with the responsibility and legal

obligation to exclude from any ballot an ineligible candidate

who does not meet the qualifications for the office, including a

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