Rinaldi v. FERRETT

OPINION BY

President Judge LEADBETTER.

Joseph Ferrett, a candidate for a seat on the Council of Old Forge Borough in Lack-awanna County, appeals from orders of the Court of Common Pleas, which granted the petition of Brian Rinaldi, a write-in candidate for the same Council seat. Common pleas directed the County Voter Registration Office to count 111 write-in votes, causing Rinaldi to overtake Ferrett in the municipal election of November 6, 2007, and directed certification of Rinaldi as the winner of the disputed Council seat. We confront two issues: whether Rinaldi’s petition, one not in…