In re Dupont Borough Wards

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

Appellants, seven electors of the Borough of Dupont (Borough), have appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County. The order dismissed appellants’ exceptions to and affirmed a prior order which had made absolute a decree nisi abolishing all Borough wards and establishing an at *506large election procedure for borough council positions. We affirm.

The salient facts of this case can be briefly stated. On December 16, 1974, a petition signed by 243 residents of the Borough was presented to the Luzerne County Court requesting that the court,…