Olshansky v. Montgomery County Election Board

At the November, 1979 general election, the initial count of votes for candidates running for the office of tax collector of Whitpain Township, Montgomery County, gave appellant Maria Olshansky 1483 votes, and respondent Charles Cannon *3711480. One week after the first vote, at a “complete and final recanvas,” an “unsealed master envelope” from one of the Township’s voting districts was opened and “found” to contain five yet-uncounted absentee ballots. Four absentee votes were for Cannon, one was for Olshansky, thus tying the vote at 1484 for each candidate. The next day, after the “complete…