# Perles v. Northumberland County Return Board

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · July 21, 1964 · 415 Pa. 154

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9733425

## Case

- **Full name:** Perles, Appellant, v. Northumberland County Return Board
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** July 21, 1964
- **Citations:** 415 Pa. 154; 202 A.2d 538; 1964 Pa. LEXIS 436
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Eagen
- **Judges:** Bell, Jones, Cohen, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts
- **Cited by:** 18 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that “[t]he counting of [] absentee ballots” constituted the board of elections’ “order” for purposes of the Section 1407(a) appeal period
- affirming the lower court’s decision to count all of the absentee votes even though some but not all of the absentee votes might have been invalid

## Opinion text

Concurring Opinion by
Mr. Justice Eagen:
Since the election involved occurred prior to the effective date of the Act of August 13, 1963, P. L. 707, No. 379, 25 P.S. §3146.8 (Supp. 1963), the scope of our review on this appeal is very narrow and limited. *160 We may not inquire into the validity of the ballots involved. Legally, therefore, the result reached in the majority opinion is correct and inescapable.
Albeit, the case presents implications which should not go unnoticed. Serious irregularities in the casting of a large number of absentee ballots are clearly evident which give strong indication that this election may well have been stolen. It is a matter which demands the earnest attention of the law enforcement agencies in order that it shall not happen again and the will of the electorate thwarted by unscrupulous individuals charged with the responsibility of supervising the election machinery.
To me, dishonest and fraudulent election practices smell just as noxious whether they emanate from one area or another.

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