In Re the Nomination Petitions Filed by Howells

ORDER

AND NOW, this 10th day of May, 2011, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue as stated by the Petitioner is:

When a candidate commits a “fatal defect” by failing to timely file his ethics “statement of financial interests” contrary to both prevailing statutory and case law due to his reliance for legal advice from clerical personnel in the local election board, is such reliance unreasonable and inexcusable therefore mandating that the Commonwealth Court’s affirmation of the trial court’s decision allowing the candidate to amend his filings nunc pro tunc, constitutes an…