Candidates Fight To Remain On Philadelphia Primary Election Ballots

(Mayoral candidate Milton Street outside the Philadelphia Board of Elections office on Friday. Photo by Steve Tawa)

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Today was “Try To Kick Your Opponent Off The Ballot” Day in Philadelphia.

There were oral arguments held before a Philadelphia judge on whether two City Council members, a city commissioner, and a mayoral candidate were eligible to remain on their respective ballots.

Lawyers for Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter argued that primary challenger Milton Street did not qualify as a mayoral candidate because he has not lived in Philadelphia for the three years prior to the general election, as required by law. They say he was either in a federal prison in Kentucky or living in Moorestown, NJ during most of that period.

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