Charlie Alexander’s Case In Commonwealth Court

Charlie Alexander’s Case In Commonwealth Court — Greg Stenstrom’s article describing the state of Charlie Alexander’s crusade through the courts is below.

Charlie was kicked off the May 20 GOP primary ballot for County Council in Delaware County, Pa., after the party challenged his filing.

This was after he gathered 1,500 signatures which was six times the number needed.

The challenge was based on an improper filing of his financials. Charlie was not trying to hide anything. His disqualification was due to an easily correctable technicality.

We have made many of the the same points as Greg does in his article.

Pennsylvania’s ballot access laws are vague and complex on purpose. They are designed to disadvantage candidates who don’t meet establishment approval.

Change is needed.

Frankly, becoming an open primary state would not be a bad idea.

Yes, Charlie should be on the ballot.

Some are demanding to know Charlie’s specific sin.

Charlie attached his financial interest form to his petitions but failed to file it with the Delaware County clerk. This is an easily correctable mistake. He was obviously not trying to hide anything.

By Greg Stenstrom

In a sweeping challenge to what he calls “an abuse of election law and partisan weaponization of the courts,” Republican County Council candidate Charles E. Alexander filed a comprehensive appeal this week to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania to overturn his unlawful removal from the May 2025 Primary Ballot and expose a systemic pattern of candidate suppression by political operatives in both the GOP and Democratic Party. His case, 386 CD 2025, now serves as the lead case exposing a systemic pattern of partisan interference and candidate suppression across Southeastern Pennsylvania.

“This case is about every American’s right to run for office and provide honest public service without the self-serving interference of party insiders and their misuse of the courts to decide elections before voters can,” said Alexander.

The filings allege that political attorneys representing both Republican and Democratic interests have coordinated to remove non-endorsed and grassroots candidates, exploiting minor technicalities and court procedures to disqualify candidates without due process.

Pattern of Suppression and Judicial Misconduct

Between March 18 and March 21, 2025, Delaware County Judge George A. Pagano issued orders removing Alexander from the ballot based on trivial paperwork defects in his Statement of Financial Interests. The petition was filed by attorneys closely aligned with party leadership, at the last possible moment before the challenge deadline, without notice or opportunity for Alexander to respond meaningfully. Judge Pagano ruled without providing factual findings, or a written opinion — contrary to established due process requirements.

Over 50 candidates in Delaware and Montgomery Counties have been similarly removed from ballots over the past two weeks, many without hearings, opinions, or procedural safeguards.

Alexander’s filings further reveal that political operatives and county solicitors appear to have solicited private petitioners as proxies to file last-minute challenges in coordination with party leaders, weaponizing the courts to control who appears on local ballots.

Emergency Appeal and Demand for Judicial Accountability

Alexander’s appeal demands that the Commonwealth Court:

1. Vacate the trial court’s orders and restore Alexander to the ballot immediately.

2. Issue a precedential opinion prohibiting candidate removals without written findings and hearings.

3. Investigate and disclose the partisan coordination behind these filings.

The appeal is supported by over two dozen filings, including Judicial Notices documenting that the same pattern of removals occurred in Montgomery County, where 42 candidates were struck from ballots under similar circumstances.

Alexander is being assisted by Gregory Stenstrom, a forensic computer scientist and elections integrity advocate who has been litigating and exposing election misconduct in Pennsylvania for four years.

“We are documenting a deliberate, systemic effort to suppress political competition through procedural trickery and misuse of the courts. If the courts refuse to protect constitutional rights, we will continue this fight to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and federal courts,” said Stenstrom.

Documented Pattern of Candidate Suppression and Key Findings from Court Filings:

Alexander’s filings include detailed Judicial Notices revealing:

• In Delaware County, 12 ballot objection cases were filed between March 13–25, 2025. 10 candidates were removed, 1 withdrew, 1 prevailed. Judges Pagano and Whelan presided over all cases.

• In Montgomery County, 42 separate objection cases were filed between March 18–27, 2025. 100% of challenged candidates were removed. Every case was decided by President Judge Carolyn Carluccio.

• In both counties, all removed candidates were non-endorsed, grassroots, or outsider candidates. Not a single endorsed party candidate was removed.

• The objections were filed by a small circle of politically connected attorneys closely affiliated with county committees and party leadership.

“These are not isolated technical errors,” said Stenstrom. “They are deliberate, coordinated efforts to keep political outsiders off the ballot and deny voters a choice.”

Public Access to Court Filings

All filings, Judicial Notices, and supporting documents are available for public review at:

https://cloud.patriot.online/s/XWsqXCQjfenjDKx

Judicial Notices on Systemic Candidate Removals:

• Delaware County:

https://cloud.patriot.online/s/jtpnaMXA43yY4TP

• Montgomery County:

https://cloud.patriot.online/s/2KK5d6srn29GFFk

The case underscores the urgent need for transparency and accountability in Pennsylvania’s candidate qualification process. Members of the public, journalists, and elected officials are encouraged to review the filings and demand answers as to why courts and county officials are participating in systematic exclusion of candidates without meaningful public notice, process, or justification.

Charlie Alexander's  Case In Commonwealth Court

Marc Elias Delco Connection

Marc Elias Delco Connection — The gutsy and wonderful Leah Hoopes has an article in Intelligencer Today concerning Pennsylvania’s compromised election system and the use of lawfare to quiet its exposure.

She notes the connection between Duane Morris LLP, which represents Delaware County’s Board of Elections, and attorney and Democrat operative Marc Elias, who seems to be in a bit of hot water right now.

Why did he scrub his X account, anyway?

And for the haters out there, Leah is no racist. She is, however, over the target and is being viciously attacked.

Marc Elias Delco Connection
Leah Hoopes, Emerald Robinson and Greg Stenstrom.

Stollsteimer Worked With Tides Foundation

Stollsteimer Worked With Tides Foundation — Leah Hoopes has posted on X that a public records request has been approved and revealed 144 email exchanges between Delaware County DA Jack Stollsteimer and the Tides Foundation’s Fair and Just Prosecution.

The organization is largely funded by George Soros.

Leah, along with Greg Stenstrom, are election integrity activists who were slandered by Stollsteimer.

The pair had filed a complaint regarding election law violations from November 2020. Stollsteimer submitted a report to Delaware County Council which it read into the record, May 18, 2022 . Stollsteimer said his office investigated and that the activists based their complaint on three doctored videos downloaded from the internet.

What had been submitted, however, was 37 unchanged videos acquired directly from a whistleblower.

And that is how you lose trust in government.

Stollsteimer Worked With Tides Foundation
Jack and George went up a hill . . .

Stollsteimer Worked With Tides Foundation

Olivia Taylor Not Guilty

Olivia Taylor Not Guilty — Olivia Taylor, the Upper Darby grandmother who spent a year of persecution for daring to point out that numerous Upper Darby council members owed tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes, has been found not guilty by Judge Dominic F. Pileggi.

Olivia was charged with “disrupting meetings and processions”, a state law from 1972, after speaking at the Jan. 17, 2024 Upper Darby Council meeting.

The law was meant to protect churches and funerals. It’s a third degree misdemeanor.

A bench trial was Monday, Jan. 27.

District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer’s office presented its evidence which was basically video from a cop cam showing her arrest.

Her lawyer presented her evidence which was a more complete video that included what she said at her meeting, along with documents showing the council members tax delinquencies.

She said that her lawyer, Scott Sigman, told her yesterday, Jan. 30, that Pileggi called him and said that he was finding her not guilty.

She says she is planning a civil rights lawsuit against Upper Darby and yeah, her rights were violated.

Olivia says is also planning to run for Upper Darby Council.

She has our full endorsement.

Olivia Taylor Not Guilty
Olivia Taylor with the court docket identifying her as “white”. Yeah, the idiots actually tried this.


Leah And Greg Win In Delco

Leah And Greg Win In Delco — Greg Stenstrom has just informed us that Delaware County Common Pleas Court Judge John Whelan has dismissed with prejudiced the defamation case filed against himself, Leah Hoopes, Newsmax and others by James Savage, who was Delco’s voting machine warehouse supervisor during the 2020 election and Jim Allen, who directs Delco’s Bureau of Elections.

Stenstrom and Ms. Hoopes are the authors of The Parallel Election. They say that Savage and Allen helped rig the election in Delaware County giving Pennsylvania’s electoral votes to Joe Biden.

They won similar defamation case last February that was filed by Savage in Philadelphia.

Leah And Greg Win In Delco

Leah And Greg Win In Delco

Delco Defam Case Asks Are Public Officials Public Officials

Delco Defam Case Asks Are Public Officials Public Officials — The pre-trial conference for James Savage’s other defamation case was held yesterday morning, Nov. 25, before Delaware County (Pa.) Common Pleas Court Judge John Whelan.

Savage was Delco’s voting machine warehouse supervisor during the 2020 election. His co-plaintiff is Jim Allen who directs the county’s Bureau of Elections.

Representing them is attorney John Rooney, who replaced J. Conor Corcoran.

Being sued are Greg Stenstrom and Leah Hoopes, authors of The Parallel Election; Newsmax, a news network; Margot Cleveland of the Federalist; and former Trump Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley who commented detachedly for three minutes on the matter while representing America First Policy Institute.

Whelan is asked to rule whether the statute of limitations passed due to service of summons not being timely and whether Savage and Allen are public officials.

Public officials have a significantly higher burden to prove defamation. Rooney argued that Allen and Savage were not public officials but private citizens, a claim Whelan treated with obvious skepticism. The defendant attorneys cited numerous instances as to why they were public officials. Ms. Hoopes presented two folders of information as to why they should be considered such and Stenstrom noted that machine warehouse supervisor is one of the few statutory roles cited in the state Election Code.

Whelan also expressed concern as to how the summons for the case was handled.

Stenstrom noted that Savage lost a similar defamation case before Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Michael E. Erdos. February, and that he shouldn’t be allowed a second bite of the apple.

Allen was not a plaintiff in that one.

Corcoran was sanctioned in March for his behavior in the case forcing him off the Delco case.

Erdos specifically accused Corcoran of practicing lawfare, said Stenstrom.

Stenstrom and Ms. Hoopes are representing themselves. They noted they actions by the plaintiffs over the past three years have caused tremendous personal burdens for both.

At issue, are videos taken by a whistleblower that appear to show Allen and Savage breaking election law.

Rooney says the video shown on Newsmax are “doctored” because words have been imposed on it.

Stenstrom says that Rooney has not forensically examined the video. He says it is accurate and that he has submitted it under penalty of perjury to numerous courts and law enforcement agencies including the Pennsylvania Attorney General and Delaware County District Attorney offices.

He has yet to be charged with a crime.

Delco Defam Case Asks Are Public Officials Public Officials
Leah Hoopes and Greg Stenstrom during an interview with Emerald Robinson
Delco Defam Case Asks Are Public Officials Public Officials

Dem Officials Warn Citizen Not To Protest Their Events

Dem Officials Warn Citizen Not To Protest Their Events — Joseph Dychala of Aston has been picketing the events of his state representatives.

It’s safe to say he vehemently disagrees with how they vote.

He protested State Rep. Leanne Krueger (D-161) at her Oct. 5 shredding event at Northley Middle School.

What did those defenders of free speech in the Democrat Party do?

They had Tara Hazelwood, who represents the Democrats in the State House, send him a cease and desist letter regarding protesting.

Seriously?

If Joe was committing a crime, charge him with one.

Otherwise, go pound sand you Nazi clowns.

How dare you call yourselves Americans.

By the way, when are there going to be any arrests for the Oct. 10 razing of Republican offices in Media, Newtown Square and elsewhere?

Crimes were indisputably committed, after all.

Dem Officials Warn Citizen Not To Protest Their Events
The fascist letter from Tara Hazelwood sent to Joseph Dychala of Aston

Dem Officials Warn Citizen Not To Protest Their Events

Leah Hoopes Statement On Trump Lawsuit Victory

Leah Hoopes Statement On Trump Lawsuit Victory — Leah Hoopes, of Chadds Ford, Pa., one of the co-defendants in the Delco defamation case brought against President Donald Trump, released the below statement on yesterday’s, March 12, proceedings before Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Michael E. Erdos which resulted in the sanctioning of plaintiff lawyer J. Conor Corcoran.

The case, in which Ms. Hoopes and Greg Stenstrom of Glen Mills represented themselves using a truth defense, was an unambiguous victory for the President.

When few doubted us, many supported us from day one. To those people we are always grateful for your love, support, generosity, prayers and your willingness to share the trenches with us. Greg Stenstrom I would share a foxhole with you any day brother. Yesterday Greg and I had the opportunity to cross examine James Savage’s attorney , J Conor Corcoran. Greg diminished him with question after question and making Mr Corcoran uncomfortable, catching him in continuous lies. Corcoran using the excuses that it was the courts fault, it was the Judge’s fault , but never his own . It showed his contempt for the court, the defendants, and his blatant modus operandi that he is willing to say and do anything to get his way even under oath.


Then I got my opportunity to cross examine. Still fine tuning that process and line of questioning , but overall I made him lie under oath. I got him to admit , he lied about contacting the PA AG and FBI, he lied and withheld medical records, lied about the only piece of so called evidence, lied about the so called threats he said we made, and the best yet I used his own words against him . Mr. Corcoran did himself no favors. He accused Judge Michael Erdos of committing a felony , which would include falsifying a time stamp, he got admonished by the Judge for this accusation. His attorney Sam Stretton, who is representing him in his OTHER disciplinary case, showed up yesterday unprepared. Never read a single filing, had no background of the case. Mr. Stretton attempted to kiss up to Judge Erdos , and then began to become very upset with Greg and I , became insulting , and was clearly agitated. I shut down that behavior immediately, and the Judge let Mr. Stretton know this behavior would not be tolerated. Mr Stretton words were, these people have no idea what they are doing, this hearing should only take 15 minutes. Judge Erdos, looked right at him and said, oh no Mr. Stretton you are mistaken, we will be here awhile and they know exactly what they are doing. Stretton attempted , and demanded the Judge only take a look at a narrow scope of the order, that they wanted him to, that narrow scope was the issue of the violation of rules of professional conduct against Corcoran. Judge Erdos, said no, if you are going to vacate the order, you are vacating the whole order . Which opened Corcoran up to us cross examining him on ALL OF THE issues we brought in our Motion for Sanctions. The gates of heaven opened at that moment.


Their first error was to bring forth a frivolous lawsuit against us, 2nd error trying to intimidate and harass us , 3rd error continue to lie and not be able to refute anything we said, 4th error putting Corcoran on the stand. Just to name a few. For those that do not also understand that we fought for 860 days, and never backed down, despite the fact we were offered a settlement . We were offered theability to walk away Scott free, and leave behind Donald Trump For President and Rudy Guliani. NEVER leave a man behind, and we shot down that offer, we were ready to go to War in that court room and go in front of that jury with the ABSOLUTE TRUTH. In the end the truth prevailed, we shined the light on the cockroaches, and the Democrat Judge in Philadelphia found in our favor yet again.


Persistence, courage, integrity, honor, duty , sacrifice, tenacity and faith.
Thank you most importantly to my parents, John Popolillo and Kathy Popolillo for instilling in me the values , morals and love of my Country. Thank you for putting God into my life, teaching me that you stand up for what is right and never back down. Thank you for loving me and supporting me through all of it, I love you more than you know. To my son, you are the reason I fight, you sacrificed so much so I can continue to stay the course, you are my reason my heart beats . My son will get to enjoy the shade , from the trees of liberty we have placed in the ground.
Stay the course, we ARE FAR FROM DONE. GET IN THE FIGHT!!

Leah Hoopes Statement On Trump Lawsuit Victory

Lawfare Dealt Blow With Delco Defam Case

Lawfare Dealt Blow With Delco Defam Case — The last gasp of the Philadelphia defamation suit against President Trump was breathed yesterday, March 12, when Common Pleas Court Judge Michael E. Erdos sanctioned plaintiff attorney J. Conor Corcoran for breaching rules of professional conduct.

Corcoran, in June, asked that a protective order be placed against co-defendants Greg Stenstrom and Leah Hoopes. He claimed they threatened him and his client former Delaware County, Pa. Voting Machine Warehouse supervisor James Savage.

Corcoran demanded they pay $15,000 in attorney fees. He also demanded they stay a mile away from him, his client; and to surrender their firearms along with any “incendiary devices.”

Erdos found that Corcoran, who became flustered under cross-examination by non-attorneys Stenstrom and Ms. Hoopes, was not credible.

Hence the sanctions.

Rudy Giuliani was the fourth co-defendant in the case.

Trump’s attorneys, by the way, were not in attendance.

Stenstrom and Ms. Hoopes have provided notice that they will file Dragonetti Act and SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) lawsuits against Corcoran and others.

Stenstrom says this is the first use of the “truth is a complete defense” in 2020 election defamation cases.

“The election was stolen, and they did exactly what we said they did,” Stenstrom said. “This is the first case we are aware of where discovery was reached and defendants evidence was allowed to be admitted.”

More details can be found at Patriot.Online.

Stenstrom and Ms. Hoopes will be speaking 6 p.m., March 21, at Gatsby’s Bar and Grill, 4936 Pennell Road, Aston, Pa. 19014.

Note that the address on the flyer is wrong.

The event is hosted by United4Delco. It’s free but those attending are asked to order a drink or something from the menu.

Lawfare Dealt Blow With Delco Defam Case

Sanctions Sought Against Conor Corcoran By Delco Defamation Defendants

Sanctions Sought Against Conor Corcoran By Delco Defamation Defendants –Leah Hoopes of Chadds Ford and Gregory Stenstrom of Glen Mills, seek sanctions against J. Conor Corcoran, the attorney representing James Savage in a defamation case against the pair, along with President Donald J. Trump and Rudy Giuliani.

Savage is the former Delaware County, Pa. Voting Machine Warehouse supervisor whom the defendants allege was instrumental in rigging Delco’s votes against Trump in 2020 hence giving Pennsylvania’s electoral votes to Joe Biden.

Ms. Hoopes and Stenstrom wrote The Parallel Election, one of the many places where the claim has been made.

They filed their motion for sanctions, Feb. 14, in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court.

Why Philadelphia when matters discussed are to have occurred in Delco?

Pennsylvania law says venue will be proper in the county the individual may be served or in which the cause of action arose or where the transaction or occurrence took place out of which the cause of action arose or in any other county authorized by law.

Philly is one of those “authorized by law” places.

Ms. Hoopes and Stenstrom are representing themselves.

Their motion asks that the Court enforce the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct to prevent further abuse of the Honorable Court, and protect the lives, liberty, property, and rights of Defendants.

They say Corcoran made provably false claims before the Court in written filings and oral testimony during hearings in June and November including that he had filed criminal complaints against Defendants Stenstrom and Hoopes with the FBI and Pennsylvania Attorney General. He wanted Stenstrom and Ms. Hoopes be sanctioned for tens of thousands of dollars, silenced, disarmed and saddled with a restraining order.

They say that Corcoran testified that he had made a 30-minute call with the FBI “during which he somehow failed to obtain the agent’s name or case number, nor could he recall the date or any other details of the call regarding his allegations that Defendants intended to use “incendiary devices” against Judge Erdos, Plaintiff Savage and himself.”

The motion says that Corcoran claims to have spoken with “someone” in the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office but couldn’t recall the date, or other specifics.

They point out that these allegations not merely cost them time and money to refute but endangered their lives raising the fear they could become “swatting” victims if law enforcement had been made to believe they were violent.

The defendants say that Corcoran has a history of such actions and that his victims include clients, former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams and the defendants’ former attorney Thomas Carroll.

The motion can be read here: https://cloud.patriot.online/s/8LNEGMBGi6Qp7DB?fbclid=IwAR3qjKYWTXA8VglOzhgMuiv2zmmd7FizN_vzTBnLvPH5SquMPkWehdCOQVA

Sanctions Sought Against Conor Corcoran
Leah Hoopes (left) and Greg Stenstrom with journalist Emerald Robinson