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IN RE ABSENTEE BALLOTS OF NOV. 4, 2003

843 A.2d 1223 (2004)

In re CANVASS OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS OF NOV. 4, 2003 GENERAL ELECTION. Appeal of John Pierce, Thomas Stepnick and Susan Gantman and Susan Gantman for Superior Court, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 8, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Lee Hicks, David James Porter, Pittsburgh, Lawrence J. Tabas, Philadelphia, for John Pierce, et al.

Lazar Melton Palnick, Clifford B. Levine, Pittsburgh, for Democratic State Committee of PA.

Allan Joseph Opsitnick, Pittsburgh, Charles P. McCullough, for Allegheny County Dept. of Elections.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR and EAKIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

The issue on this appeal is whether non-disabled absentee voters may have third persons hand-deliver their ballots to the Allegheny County Board of Elections under Section 3146.6(a) of the Election Code, 25 P.S. § 3146.6(a), where the Board of Elections indicated that this practice was permitted. The Commonwealth Court affirmed the trial court and held that absentee ballots...

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