Legal Opinion
Absentee Ballots Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 15, 1966No. Appeals, 154 and 155PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Mr. Justice Eagen,
In the General Election held on November 3, 1964, Paul L. Wagner and Albert Nagle were candidates for the office of State Senator from the then 29th Senatorial District in Pennsylvania, comprising Schuylkill and Lebanon Counties.
A computation of the returns of the votes registered at the regularly constituted polling places disclosed that Nagle lead in a close contest by a plurality of several hundred votes. Attention of those involved then focused on ballots cast by absentee electors under the Absentee Election Act of August 13, 1963, P.L. 707, 25 P.S. §3146.1 et…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Kaufman Construction Co. v. HolcombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Jones & Laughlin Tax Assessment CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Rimer's Contested Election. Geary's App'l.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Perles v. Northumberland County Return BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Cullen AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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3Cited by8 opinions
- O'Connor AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- West Alexander Borough Annexation CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- In Re Reading School Board ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Absentee Ballots CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Commonwealth v. Banovich, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Somerset County1971
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