Westmoreland certifies election results
Westmoreland County’s election board on Monday issued a final certification of the 2023 election results.
The three-member board of county common pleas court judges signed off on the results of about 195 races including the election of a new board of commissioners, row offices, district judges, school boards, township supervisors and borough councils.
The results did not include about 170 undated or incorrectly dated mail-in ballots submitted by voters this fall.
County officials said previous court rulings prevented those ballots from being counted.
That could change in the future.
Solicitor Melissa Guiddy said a federal court ruling issued last week clears the way for local election boards in Pennsylvania to count undated and incorrectly dated mail-in ballots in future elections.
The county will assess the court ruling and await a potential appeal heading into the 2024 presidential election year, Guiddy said.
Rich Cholodofsky is a TribLive reporter covering Westmoreland County government, politics and courts. He can be reached at rcholodofsky@triblive.com.
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