Primary write-in votes will be counted by Monday
The county election board resolved a lawsuit filed by primary election candidates by agreeing to count all write-in votes that could impact the results of the May 16 primary.
The resolution was worked out before a Thursday hearing before Common Pleas Court Senior Judge Robert Yeatts began.
Yeatts signed consent orders containing the resolutions to the suits brought by David J. McMaster, a Republican candidate for Middlesex Township supervisor, and Rinaldo Zampogna III, an incumbent Democratic Buffalo Township supervisor.
McMaster and his attorney Charles Pascal, and Zampogna’s attorney Brian Farrington said they were pleased with the resolution. Zampogna did not attend the hearing.
“It’s the right decision,” said election board solicitor Chris Furman. All valid votes should be counted, he added.
Write-in votes from 157 primary races will be counted, he said.
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