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2003 ELECTION FOR OFFICE OF PROTHONOTARY

849 A.2d 230 (2004)

In re Contest of 2003 GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF PROTHONOTARY of Washington County, Pennsylvania. Appeal of Phyllis Ranko Matheny.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 14, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Suwak, Esq., for Phyllis Ranko Matheny.

Daniel Lucian Chunko, Esq., for Judith Fisher.

CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, and BAER, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Justice NIGRO.

Appellant Phyllis Ranko Matheny appeals from the order of the Commonwealth Court which reversed the December 22, 2003 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County dismissing Appellee Judith Fisher's petitions to open the ballot boxes in nine election districts in Washington County. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the Commonwealth Court's order.

Matheny and Fisher were candidates in the...

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