In re the General Election in Bethlehem Township

*452The opinion of the court was delivered by

Goldmann, S. J. A. D.

This is an appeal from two orders of the Hunterdon County Court invalidating certain civilian absentee ballots cast for the office of township committeeman in Bethlehem and Kingwood Townships, respectively, at the November 1961 general election, and invalidating the certificates of election theretofore issued to the two appellants, Meyers and Polazneck, who won a plurality of the votes in those townships when the absentee ballots were added to those cast at the polls.

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Respondent Kinney, the Democratic incumbent, and appellant…