DeFabio v. Gummersheimer

Respondent, Julie Gummersheimer, appeals from the trial court’s order granting petitioner’s, Leonard DeFabio’s, petition for election contest and declaring DeFabio to be the coroner of Monroe County. On appeal, Gummersheimer argues that DeFabio’s amended petition for election contest was time-barred, that ballots from one of the precincts should have been counted even though the election judges failed to initial those ballots, and that the trial court erred in refusing to hear evidence relative to the conduct of the election. We affirm.

FACTS

On December 5, 1996, DeFabio filed a petition for…