Philadelphia General Election Case

Per Curiam,

“The constitution confers the right of suffrage on every citizen possessing the qualifications named in that instrument. . . . His right cannot be denied, qualified or restricted, and is only subject to such regulation as to the manner of exercise, as is necessary for the peaceable and orderly exercise of the same right in other electors”: Independence Party Nomination, 208 Pa. 108, 112.

Section 1206 of the Election Code of 1937, P. L. 1333, provides — “Duties of Common Pleas Court on Days of Primaries and Elections. — The court of common pleas of each county of the Commonwealth or…