" Elections shall be free and equal, and no power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage‑." Constitution of Pennsylvania, DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, Article I, §5.

"To guard against transgressions of the high powers which we have delegated, we declare that everything in this article is excepted out of the general powers of government and shall forever remain inviolate." Constitution of Pennsylvania, Article I, §25