PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia judicial candidate Mike Huff was kicked out of the May primary on Wednesday after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a judge’s finding that Huff does not live in the city.
However, Huff’s name will remain on the ballot, as the decision came after the deadline to lock in candidates’ names on voting machines and mail-in ballots.
City commissioners are alerting voters that votes for Huff will not be counted unless they are write-in votes.
Huff has a residence in Mount Airy, where he moved last year, but his wife and child still reside in Bala Cynwyd, where the family has lived for 20 years.
A Commonwealth Court judge first ruled in April that Huff did not meet the residency requirement because the state election code deems a married candidate’s home to be where his family lives. She also cited extremely low utility bills as a sign that the Mount Airy home is not Huff’s primary residence.