§ 912.2Nominations by Minor Political Parties

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this act
to the contrary, minor political parties shall nominate all of
their candidates for the offices to be filled at the ensuing
November election pursuant to section 903 in accordance with
the requirements of section 951, other than subsection (e)(6)
and (7) thereof, and section 954, and shall obtain the required
signatures during the same time frame available to political
bodies. Minor political parties shall be subject to the
provisions of this act applicable to political parties with
respect to special elections, voter registration forms,
substituted nominations and all other purposes except as
otherwise expressly provided in this section. "Minor political
party" shall mean a political party as defined in section 801(a)

or (b) whose State-wide registration is less than fifteen per
centum of the combined State-wide registration for all
State-wide political parties as of the close of the registration
period immediately preceding the most recent November election.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall prescribe forms or, if
there is insufficient time, make appropriate conforming changes
in existing forms to carry out the purposes of this section.
   (b) All nomination papers circulated and filed pursuant to
this section shall specify--(1) the name or appellation of the
minor political party which the candidates nominated thereby
represent and, in the case of electors for President and Vice
President of the United States, the names of the candidates for
President and Vice President of such minor political party; (2)
the name of each candidate nominated therein, his profession,
business or occupation, if any, and his place of residence with
street and number, if any; and (3) the office for which such
candidate is nominated. No words shall be used in any nomination
paper to designate the name or appellation of the minor
political party represented by the candidate's name in such
nomination paper which are identical with or deceptively similar
to the words used for a like purpose by any minor political
party which has already filed nomination papers for the same
office. Any petition to set aside a nomination paper on account
of the name or appellation used therein, or involving the right
of the signers thereof to use such name or appellation, or on
any other account, shall be decided as in the case of other
petitions to set aside nomination papers, in the manner provided
by this article.
   (c) Each person filing any nomination paper for public
office shall be given a statement composed by the Secretary of
the Commonwealth setting forth his duties under law to file
pre-election and post-election campaign finance reports and the
penalties for nonfiling. Each person filing any nomination paper
for public office shall be given a form to file expenses if the
amount received or expended or liabilities incurred shall exceed
the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250), and a form
containing a sworn statement that the amount received or
expended or liabilities incurred do not exceed the sum of two
hundred fifty dollars ($250), with written instructions prepared
by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Within three weeks after
such candidate has filed, the appropriate supervisor shall mail
the same forms and instructions to such candidate by first class
mail.
   (912.2 added Feb. 19, 1986, P.L.29, No.11)