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Absentee Ballots Case

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 4, 1968No. Appeal, No. 1PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

On November 7, 1967, a general election was held in Lackawanna County for county commissioners, the two Republican candidates being Charles R. Harte and Samuel C. Cali, and the Democratic candidates being Edward Zipay and Patrick Mellody. Following the casting of votes, the voting machine tabulations registered the following tally:

Zipay — Democrat — 46,435

Harte ■ — ■ Republican — 46,194

Cali — Republican — 46,154

Mellody — Democrat ■ — • 45,022

According to this score, if there were no other votes to be counted, Zipay, Harte and Cali would have been elected…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Wilson v. Philadelphia School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  2. Sablosky v. MessnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. Bauman Election Contest CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  4. Land Holding Corp. v. Board of Finance & RevenueSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  5. Norwood Election Contest CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Minnich v. RiveraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Absentee Ballots CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  3. In re April 10, 1984 ElectionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Applewhite v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Minnich v. RiveraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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