Kuznik v. Westmoreland County Board of Commissioners

OPINION

Justice NEWMAN.

In this case, we must determine whether the Commonwealth Court erred by finding that Westmoreland County and State election officials violated the Pennsylvania Constitution and Pennsylvania Election Code1 by agreeing to purchase electronic voting systems (EVS)2 for use in the *480Westmoreland County General Primary on May 16, 2006 (Spring Primary Election), without first submitting the issue to a referendum vote before the electors in that County.

We must also decide whether a state referendum requirement, which led to the dual system of voting that the Commonwealth Court…