IN RE PETITION TO SUBMIT BALLOT QUESTION

No. 1426 C.D. 2014

100 A.3d 765 (2014)

In re: PETITION TO SUBMIT BALLOT QUESTION TO CONCORD TOWNSHIP VOTERS. Appeal of: Concord First and Colette Brown.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Catania , Solicitor, Media, for appellee The Delaware County Bureau/Board of Elections.

BEFORE: DAN PELLEGRINI, President Judge, and BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER, Judge, and ROBERT SIMPSON, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEADBETTER.

On July 28, 2014, Appellants, Colette Brown, and a citizens group named Concord First, filed a petition with the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County requesting that the ballot question "Should Concord Township become a Township of the First Class?" be placed on the November 2014 ballot. The petition contained 994 signatures out of 11,640 registered voters, approximately 8.5% of the registered electors. The petition asserted that the...

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