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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-7462IN RE: GENERAL ELECTION (NOVEMBER 3, 2009) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA civii- VW. DOCKET NO. APPLICATION OF C. GRAINGER BOWMAN AND SANDRA LEANNA h. BOWMAN FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT AND NOW COME C. Grainger Bowman and Sandra LeAnna H. Bowman, citizens of Cumberland County, who apply to this Honorable Court for an absentee ballot, and in support thereof aver as follows: C. Grainger Bowman and Sandra LeAnna H. Bowman ("Bowmans"), are adult individuals, residing at 3 Northfield Way, Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County, PA, and are citizens of Pennsylvania and the United States of America. Bowmans are registered to vote and have voted for decades in the Silver Spring Township precinct situate at the Cumberland- Perry Vocational Technical School in Cumberland County. 2. Bowmans will not be in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on November 3, 2009, General Election day, for reasons of vacation, which were just recently planned. 3. In the past two weeks, Bowmans have made several unsuccessful efforts to apply for an absentee ballot to vote in this year's General Election However, on each occasion when Bowmans planned to apply for an absentee ballot, Bowmans were unexpectedly prevented and constrained by events, which involved the care of Thomas O. Hendry (Sandra's 90 year old father), where ailments, or doctors appointments, or meetings became necessary to address the needs and cares of Thomas Hendry. -2- -90 4. The unexpected interruptions caused Bowmans to miss the date for the application for an absentee ballot (October 27, 2009) for each of them. Bowmans, while aware of the deadline, did not anticipate the numerous intervening events that prevented them from applying for an absentee ballot in a timely manner. 5. Bowmans apply to this Court for relief from the deadline for applying for an absentee ballot, and seek judicial approval of the Bowmans being permitted to have an absentee ballot delivered to them, and approval for them to cast their votes in the General Election on November 3, 2009, in that the failure to apply on time was beyond their practical and reasonable control, and that to deny them the vote would be to disenfranchise these citizens who have regularly and dedicatedly voted in nearly all of the elections in Pennsylvania for which they have been registered. WHEREFORE, C. Grainger Bowman and Sandra LeAnna H. Bowman apply to this Court for an Order permitting Bowmans to receive and cast an absentee ballot for the General Election for the precinct of Silver Spring Township, where the votes are cast at the Cumberland Perry Vocational Technical School, upon proper proof of their identity to the Cumberland County Bureau of Elections. Respectfully submitted this 29th day of Ocotber, 2009, C. Grainger Bowman Sandra LeAnna H. Bowman -3- VERIFICATION We, C. Grainger Bowman, and Sandra LeAnna H. Bowman, are adult individuals and we hereby verify that the foregoing facts are true and correct to the best of my knowledge or information and belief. W understand that this verification is made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. §4904 (relating to unworn falsifications to authorities). C. Grainger B an Sandr anna H. Bowman Date: October 29, 2009 -4- RLED--OFRCE OE THE PROTHONOTARY 2009 OCT 29 AM 8: 4 7 CUP (-) NI Y c?G-? i; SAS IL IN RE: UG I L9 6W (A GENERAL ELECTION (NOVEMBER 3, 2009) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA DOCKET NO. 441 ORDER AND NOW, having considered the Application of C. Grainger Bowman and Sandra LeAnna H. Bowman for Absentee Ballot and it appearing that the Application has merit, it is hereby Ordered that the Bureau of Elections of Cumberland County shall prepare and deliver to C. Grainger Bowman and Sandra LeAnna H. Bowman one absentee ballot for each of them appropriate for the precinct in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County in which they are registered, and shall permit them to cast the absentee ballots in the normal course, as though they had applied for in a tip*ly manner. I 01M I ? JUDGE HA-232290 v1 2009 OCT 29 AM 9: 19 CUt&E (;UUNTY FEET SYLVAN 110-60!0P dl-el2c4ed,?? z4X:??e4t-