Here's what happened from the technology end:
Punki did submit an entry, but it happened at -- 5:39am Nov 3, 2006 which is well past the deadline. Because it was submitted at that time it was not logged/rejected by the database as applications were turned off at that time. Punki may have either had the application page opened from the previous day and submitted it on the 3rd or must have had the page cached from before and used it on the 3rd.

The bottom line here: It was not received by the database at the time that the candidates entry was closed. All members had plenty of time to ensure that their applications were received. Our focus of the prior research has always been what happened within the timeframe in which the candidate call was open to all members.