Section 28.1. Duties of Common Pleas Courts on Days of Primaries and Elections.--The court of common pleas of each county or a judge or judges thereof of any county of the Commonwealth maintaining a reinstatement system of registration shall be in continuous session at the courthouse of said county on the day of each primary and election during the period the polls are open. During such period said court shall hear and determine (1) the petition of any qualified elector who has heretofore been duly registered as an elector of said county but who, due to circumstances beyond his control, has failed to file a removal notice or reinstatement card in order to insure the inclusion of his registration card in the district register of the election district of his residence, (2) the petition of any qualified registered elector who has suffered a physical disability which renders him unable to see or mark the ballot or operate the voting machine or to enter the voting machine compartment or voting booth without assistance and, due to circumstances beyond his control, was unable to make application personally at the office of the registration commission within the time prescribed by law in order to have such fact entered on his registration card, (3) the petition of any qualified elector who is a duly discharged veteran and who, by reason of his service in the armed forces, was unable to register within the time fixed by law, and (4) the petition of any commissioner, chief clerk, registrar or clerk, setting forth that the right to vote of the particular elector has been denied by reason of an error by the registration commission.
(28.1 added Sept. 2, 1961, P.L.1205, No.530)