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Why can’t a candidate have more than one party’s nomination? Philly Democrat challenges state ban.

Should a third party be allowed to nominate a candidate who is already nominated by another party? The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will soon decide.

State Rep. Chris Rabb, a Democrat from Northwest Philadelphia, was also nominated by the Working Families Party but the state denied the second nomination. State law forbids multiple nominations of the same candidate for the same office, a practice that Rabb and the WFP are suing to allow.
State Rep. Chris Rabb, a Democrat from Northwest Philadelphia, was also nominated by the Working Families Party but the state denied the second nomination. State law forbids multiple nominations of the same candidate for the same office, a practice that Rabb and the WFP are suing to allow.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer