By Richard Winger On September 9, a Pennsylvania state trial court ruled in favor of Ray Tonkin, who is running for re-election as District Attorney of Pike County. Tonkin is a registered Republican. He lost the race for the Republican nomination in this year’s primary, but he won the Democratic primary on write-in votes at the primary.
Some challengers then tried to remove him from the general election ballot on the grounds that he didn’t pay the $100 filing fee. He had already paid one filing fee when he filed in the Republican primary, but the challengers said that fee can’t …read more