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TexasTowelie

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Wed Nov 10, 2021, 09:46 PM Nov 2021

Recount ordered in race for open seat on Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court; candidates separated by

Recount ordered in race for open seat on Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court; candidates separated by about 17,000 out of 2.8 million votes


HARRISBURG, PA. — A statewide recount is being ordered in the Nov. 2 election for an open seat on Pennsylvania’s statewide Commonwealth Court after two candidates finished within a half-percentage point of each other, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Wednesday.

Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid issued notice that she will order the statutorily required statewide recount, Wolf's Department of State said.

Two seats on Commonwealth Court are opening up next year. Republican Stacy Wallace, a lawyer, won one of them in last week's election.

For the second seat, unofficial returns submitted to the Department of State by all 67 counties showed Democrat Lori Dumas leading Republican Drew Crompton by nearly 17,000 votes, but well within the margin under state law for a mandatory recount.

Read more: https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-pa-election-2021-pennsylvania-judges-20211110-ovxvogo4mvddfnm4poiwjorfoi-story.html
(Allentown Morning Call)
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Recount ordered in race for open seat on Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court; candidates separated by (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2021 OP
Every time a Republican gets elected here in PA, Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2021 #1

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,021 posts)
1. Every time a Republican gets elected here in PA,
Thu Nov 11, 2021, 04:00 PM
Nov 2021

it's an infuriating reminder of (among other frustrating factors) how rural voters' ballots count more than those of the rest of us.

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