In re Nomination Petition of Beyer

OPINION

Justice STEVENS.

In response to the pressing time demands of this primary election appeal, we entered a per curiam order on an expedited basis vacating the order of the Commonwealth Court and directing that Appel-lee Michael W. Beyer’s name be stricken from the primary ballot for the Democratic Party nomination for the Office of Representative in the General Assembly for the 131st Legislative District. See In re Nomination Petition of Beyer, 625 Pa. 341, 91 A.3d 1231 (2014). In the per curiam order, we stated that an opinion would follow, and we now augment the brief explanation…