In re Nomination Papers of Jack F. Dunmire

In In re Nomination Papers of Jack F. Dunmire, 940 A.2d 538 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2007), the Court agreed with Carlson that the requirement of a Committee to Fill Vacancies is mandatory pursuant to the Pennsylvania Election Code, 2 and that such information must appear on every sheet at the time it is circulated. Nonetheless, the Court determined that such a defect is "subject to amendment if competent and credible evidence is offered to show that the signers were aware of what they were signing." Dunmire, 940 A.2d at 540. In reaching that determination, the Court relied on two other published, single-judge opinions by Judge Craig, In re Castellani, 102 Pa. Commw. 170, 516 A.2d 786 (1986) (single-judge opinion by Craig, J.), and In re Nomination Petition of Snyder, 102 Pa. Commw. 165, 516 A.2d 788 (1986) (single-judge opinion by Craig, J.), petition for allowance of appeal denied sub nom. Snyder v. Wilson, 518 Pa. 52, 540 A.2d 264 (1988), which allowed amendment to reflect the proper legislative district. Ultimately, the Court in Dunmire determined that the candidate offered no testimony in the hearing to amend the defect.