(WHTM) – An objection has been filed to the petitions filed by Pennsylvania 10th Congressional District candidate John Broadhurst.

Congressional candidates were required to submit at least 1,000 signatures ahead of last Tuesday’s deadline. According to the objection filed by a York resident, only 438 of the 1,389 signatures submitted by Broadhurst are valid.

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Issues alleged in the objection include signatures from non-registered voters, those living outside the district, illegible signatures, and duplicate signatures.

More than 700 signature lines on 26 pages were also objected to because the circulator statement was “defective.”

Broadhurst, an entrepreneur, is one of six candidates who submitted petitions to appear on the April ballot alongside Janelle Stelson, Mike O’Brien, Blake Lynch, Shamaine Daniels, and Rick Coplen.

In a video on X, Broadhurst claims he was notified of the objection by O’Brien’s campaign.

“We are here to win,” Broadhurst reassured his supporters, saying the campaign would continue reaching out to voters in the weeks to come.

Objections to petitions will be heard in the coming days and weeks with dozens filed statewide.

Philadelphia-area Republican congressional candidates Haroon “Aaron” Bashir and Dasha Pruett, Pittsburgh-area Democrat congressional candidate Laurie MacDonald, and Erie-area Republican candidate Timothy Kramer, were among those facing also petition objections.

Republican Senate candidate Joseph Vodvarka also had an objection filed against his petitions.

Pennsylvania’s primary election is April 23.

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