Gombach v. Department, Bureau of Commissions, Elections & Legislation

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The primary issues raised in this appeal are (1) whether the provision in Section 5 of The Notary Public Law1 (NPL) that requires a notary applicant to be of “good moral character” is unconstitutionally vague and (2) whether the rejection of Joseph Gom-bach’s (Gombach) notary application constituted cruel and unusual punishment.

Gombach appeals an order of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (Secretary) rejecting his application to be recommissioned as a notary public. We affirm.

*1129Gombach was first commissioned as a notary public in 1988. At the end of his first four-year…