In re Nomination Petition of Bunk

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This opinion is written in support of the order of this Court filed on August 26, 1988.

Before us in our original jurisdiction1 is a Petition to Set Aside the Nomination Papers of Mike Bunk (Bunk), an independent candidate for member of the General Assembly from the 180th District in the City and County of Philadelphia. Petitioner in this Court is Thomas Malkowski, the Republican candidate for the same office.

There are several issues presented for our determination. At the outset we recognize that a number of challenges to Bunks nomination papers were in the nature of…