Citizens Committee to Recall Rizzo v. Board of Elections

The Court today strikes down as violative of the Constitution of Pennsylvania the recall provisions of Phila*57delphia’s Home Rule Charter. As an alternative ground of decision, three members of the Court would hold that the court of common pleas erred in directing that the Board of Election of Philadelphia [hereinafter “the Board”] should accept for filing the recall petition tendered to it by the “Citizen’s Committee to Recall Rizzo” [hereinafter “The Citizen’s Committee”] relative to the incumbent mayor of Philadelphia, the Hon. Frank L. Rizzo, and should place the recall question before the…