In re Nomination Petition of Guzzardi

I dissent from the Court’s per curiam order striking Robert Guzzardi from the primary ballot for the Republican Party nomination for the Office of Governor. Citing In re Nomination of Paulmier, 594 Pa. 433, 937 A.2d 364 (2007), the Court concludes that the Commonwealth Court erred by applying nunc pro tunc principles to Guzzardi’s late filing of his statement of financial interests with the Ethics Commission. Unlike the instant case, however, this Court’s decision in Paulmier did not involve a request for nunc pro tunc relief. Moreover, the Commonwealth Court has invoked equity to afford…