ORDER
PER CURIAM.AND NOW, this 26th day of December, 2003, the above-captioned matter is GRANTED, LIMITED to the following issues
a. Whether the absentee ballots delivered by third persons in Allegheny County in the November 4, 2003 election were invalid per 25 P.S. § 3146.6.
b. Whether counting absentee ballots which were delivered by third persons violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
This matter is ordered to be submitted on briefs.