Legal Opinion
Simon Election Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 9, 1946No. Appeal, 58PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,
At the general election held in Lackawanna County on November 6th, 1945, the Republican candidate for Recorder of Deeds, Clair M. Simon, was, before the so-called “military ballots” were counted, credited with 47,455 votes and his Democratic opponent, Frank MBonin, with 46,828 votes. After the “military ballots” were counted, the vote stood Simon 48,287 and Bonin 49,007 votes. Because of certain alleged irregularities in the counting of the “military ballots”, Simon requested the County Board of Election to discard all such ballots. This request was rejected.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Krickbaum's Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Fish's ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- Twenty-Eighth Congressional District NominationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- West Mahanoy Township's Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- State v. RichardsSupreme Court of Delaware · 1949
- McMULLAN v. WOHLGEMUTHCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
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