In re Nomination Petition of Guzzardi

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

Given time constraints associated with an impending primary election contest, the present election appeal was previously resolved via per curiam Order. See In re Nomination Petition of Guzzardi, — Pa. -, 91 A.3d 701 (2014) (directing that Appellee Robert Guzzardi’s name be stricken from the primary ballot for the Republican Party nomination for the Office of Governor of Pennsylvania). With the exigency abated, we are now able to supplement the brief explanation provided in our Order with the discussion that follows. Primarily, we have determined that Pennsylvania courts…