Braddock Borough Election Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Braddock Borough Election Case, 251 Pa. 110 (Pa. 1915)
96 A. 130; 1915 Pa. LEXIS 643
Brown, Mestrezat, Mosohzisker, Potter, Stewart
Braddock Borough Election Case
Opinion of the Court
We concur in the view of the learned president judge of the court below and one of his associates that Section 15 of the Act of July 12, 1918, P. L. 719, “ought to be interpreted to further its general purpose, which is to preserve the purity of the ballot.” It was properly so interpreted by the court below in refusing to hold that the five qualified electors, authorized by the act to present a sworn petition averring fraud or error and asking for a recount of the votes, must be electors of the pre
Decree affirmed.
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- Elections — Primary elections — Fraud—Petition for recount— Act of July 12; 1918; P. L. 719; Section 15. The “five qualified electors” who are authorized by Section 15 of the Act of July 12,1913, P. L. 719, relating to primary elections, to present a sworn petition averring fraud or error in the computation of a vote and asking for a recount of the votes, need not he electors of tbe precinct, division or district in which tbe alleged fraud or error was committed.