IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN DISTRICT
RICHARD MARTIN, JR., RICHARD : No. 93 WAL 2023
FIDLER AND TAMMI IAMS :
:
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
v. : the Order of the Commonwealth
: Court
:
DONEGAL TOWNSHIP, JAMES BAUER, :
RANDY POLAN, ED SHINGLE, :
KATHLEEN CROFT AND WASHINGTON :
COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS :
:
:
PETITION OF: DONEGAL TOWNSHIP, :
JAMES BAUER, RANDY POLAN, :
EDWARD SHINGLE, JR. AND KATHLEEN :
CROFT :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 24th day of October, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all
remaining issue. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:
Whether Section 402(e) of the Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S.
§ 65402(e), is constitutional as applied when, pursuant to its terms, the
number of township supervisors is reduced by referendum from five to
three, thereby abolishing two supervisor seats?