§ 631Examination of Nomination Certificates and Nomination Papers by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and County Board of Elections; Review

It shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth or the proper county board of
elections, as the case may be, to examine, as to legal
sufficiency, in the manner and under the provisions of section
976 of this act, all nomination certificates and nomination
papers brought to his or its office for the purpose of filing,
for the nomination of candidates for a special election, as
herein provided, and if manifestly defective, they shall not
be filed. The action of the Secretary of the Commonwealth or
the county board of elections, in refusing to accept and file
any such certificate or paper may be reviewed by the court upon
an application to compel its reception and filing as of the
date when it was brought to said office. No such certificate
of nomination or nomination paper shall be refused by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth or the county board of elections,
except for any of the reasons provided for in section 976 of
this act.

   (631 amended May 23, 1949, P.L.1656, No.504 and repealed in
part Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53)