City of Wilkes-Barre Election Appeals

Brominski, J.,

for the court en banc.

This matter comes before the court on appeal from the decisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County sitting as the election return board concerning challenges made to 31 absentee ballots cast in the City of Wilkes-Barre in the general election held on November 7, 1967. The appeal was taken on behalf of the Republican candidates for city council by Joseph V. Kasper, Attorney, Chairman of the Wilkes-Barre City Republican Committee.

The appeal concerns two general classifications of absentee ballots; those ballots approved by the election board and…