In re Ballot Recount in Sixteenth Representative District

ROWLEY, J.,

— This case is before us on appeal from a decision of the Special Recount Board appointed by the court to count the ballots cast in 26 precincts for the office of representative to the General Assembly from the Sixteenth Legislative District in Beaver County. Following the election of November 7, 1972, the Beaver County Return Board certified that the Democratic candidate, Charles Laughlin, was the winner of the contest for the office of representative to the General Assembly from the Sixteenth Legislative District in Beaver County. According to the certification of the return…