§ 415Overseers of Election

On the petition of
five or move duly registered electors of any election district,
setting forth that the appointment of overseers is a reasonable
precaution to secure the purity and fairness of any primary or
election in said district, it shall be the duty of the court
of common pleas of the proper county, all the law judges of the
said court able to act at the time concurring, to appoint two
judicious, sober and intelligent electors of the said district
belonging to different political parties, overseers of election
to supervise the proceedings of election officers thereof and
to make report of the same as they may be required by such
court. Said overseers shall be persons qualified to serve upon

election boards, but shall not be required to comply with the
provisions of section 414 of this act. They shall be sworn or
affirmed by the judge of election, to the faithful discharge
of their duties, and each shall sign said oath in duplicate,
and shall have the right to be present with the officers of
such primary or election within the enclosed space during the
entire time the same is held, the votes counted, and the returns
made out and signed by the election officers; to keep a list
of voters if they see proper; to challenge any person offering
to vote and interrogate him and his witnesses under oath in
regard to his right of suffrage at said primary or election,
and to examine his papers produced. Overseers shall sign returns
of elections as hereinafter required. Whenever the members of
an election board shall differ in opinion, the overseers, if
they shall be agreed thereon, shall decide the question of
difference.