J. Matthew Wolfe Legal Page

08/31/2026

Interesting article on the impact of the recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion in National Republican Senate Committee v. Federal Election Commission on local elections. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-us-supreme-court-removed-limits-on-political-parties-coordinating-with-candidates-what-does-that-mean-for-philly-s-elections/ar-AA2bgeBX?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=6a9582e5385e4fd4910cf567d5a22d26&ei=60

07/31/2026

Interesting article relating to Pennsylvania’s Election Code.

Are there some election shenanigans going on in Pennsylvania? Sure seems that way. Last week, the Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA) sent out a press release saying it has learned that there are candidates petitioning to appear on the November general election ballot using the Green Party affiliatio...

07/15/2026

A fitting tribute. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1063772509327264/?__cft__[0]=AZZ1dlybeiP0d_NkTdShoswTDbNpvKEbT2wz68mBUJ20MDEh1T5iLORxXyFJ5pHv7GDlsum5C0lLP42FjAIh-eYzpu822vHRWL61ef6Qx5zNqwBZWTk2QO4M0T7EpeMHMlCxVLAsZgu20rj7dvLz03cORqKseZRR4w7jwX7-lSnNAg&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-y-R

06/23/2026

Fortunately, election fraud is not rampant, but don't believe anyone that it doesn't happen. The best way to limit its effects is to be vigilant and to make sure that it gets prosecuted. https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.justice.gov%2Fusao-edpa%2Fpr%2Fphiladelphia-woman-pleads-guilty-election-fraud-offense%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgqfqBsSq8pPtj7VYzSgKnMUHOA3ImPdQSM89uqrCWKU8zuRHE4HnNoo65dk_aem_9zuycqhmBqpqsoiF6j8V6g&h=AUDCaGoyont3MVM0bdX-tw33ar5gO1lZwG1Zy0ZgQTgUh5O27U7czGA9ShZIZTKIVZgzcbGno64c6lJwRrvKlCX4qq0p0BmYPXFQGz10n21YcRRxO38NGH6HL34Pf5K9ypS4fPE9wTIAluc&__tn__=%2CmH-R&c[0]=AUBIVkle23YaIU7ygRIAiq_j8Zb71j4kmmL_IIT6JljKIBFEvGqCnIy-cFobydXGBcbzkjpnyFCHs9zbFzYsKUimuJGVSksAu3Lh3GLY3IqsNJxDQza6GAzko4dNvktgJfXkXCaKIQquzngX-t8oJdJM7qL5FwqwnsScAPTpdFZP-6i4vhU4

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05/22/2026

More media coverage of our battle with the Philadelphia Republican Party leadership to invite more Republicans to become active.

Commonwealth Court reverses ruling on 10-vote minimum for ward committee candidates just days before Tuesday's primary election in Philadelphia.

05/16/2026

For those of you who have been following our case against the Philadelphia County Board of Elections, the Commonwealth Court issued and order vacating the favorable ruling that we had at the trial level and remanding it to the lower court. Basically, they said that since the Board had not failed to certify any successful write-in candidate. I get it, but still feel that the declaratory judgment action was appropriate. Just an order, but an opinion is promised. From the order, it appears that we have to wait until the certification of winning candidates process has taken place to re-file, but the opinion may give us a roadmap. We certainly plan to re-file at the appropriate time, probably bringing suit against Philadelphia Republican City Committee directly this time. Don't really care what the Democrats do. We will not stop fighting for the Republicans who want Philadelphia to have a stronger party and against the current leadership that only wants control regardless of how ineffective they are.

05/14/2026

More coverage on the lawsuit to enable us to elect more Republican Committeepeople in Philadelphia. Republican Chairman Vince Fenerty, who opposes expanding the Republican Party in this way, declined to directly comment. Although we won at trial, we filed briefs in Commonwealth Court yesterday. We are hoping for a fast decision.

Attorney Matthew Wolfe sues to block new Philadelphia election rules affecting write-in candidates for ward committees ahead of May 19 primary.

05/13/2026

Article came out about our fight to expand the Republican Party . . . Against the Republican Party. On appeal right now in Commonwealth Court.

Filling thousands of ward committee vacancies would get even harder, critic says.

05/02/2026

Broad and Liberty has commented in their Elephant in the Room column about our case to expand the ability of Republicans to get elected to local committeeperson positions in their divisions.

This Saturday marks the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby, an iconic American event. No Pennsylvania Thoroughbreds are running for […]

04/28/2026

We had argument yesterday in the case filed to reverse the City Commissioners' decision to deviate from the Election Code's requirement that the candidate with the most votes for Committeeperson be certified as the winner. Today we received an order granting our request. We expect the Commissioners to appeal.