Two Scranton Republicans want state Rep. Marty Flynn thrown off the May 18 special election ballot for the vacant 22nd state Senate District seat.
Charlie Spano and Joe Albert â who used his full name, Arthur J. Albert in paperwork â contend Flynn never personally filed a valid financial interest statement on time.
Instead, a man named Luke Borwegen electronically filed Flynnâs financial interest statement March 18 and an unknown person filed an unsigned, written copy with the Pennsylvania Department of State a day later, their challenge says.
Borwegen is Flynnâs campaign manager, but Albert and Spano say Borwegen is neither a candidate nor a public official. That and the unsigned copy mean Flynn personally never filed a financial interest statement in time as required by the state Public Official and Employee Ethics Act, according to the challenge they filed Thursday asking the state Commonwealth Court to remove Flynn as a candidate.