PA Supreme Court issues ruling in Cabell/Walsh race | Dallas Post

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday that means Jamie Walsh did not succeed in throwing out one provisional ballot and counting another.

Walsh still maintains his unofficial April 23 primary election lead over Republican opponent Michael Cabell, the incumbent, in the 117th District. Walsh’s current five-vote lead is expected to decrease to four votes when the Supreme Court-affirmed provisional ballot is tallied because it was cast by Cabell’s cousin, Shane O’Donnell.

Walsh’s appeal to the state Supreme Court sought reversal of a Commonwealth Court decision granting Cabell’s request to reject Lake Township voter Timothy J. Wagner’s ballot and accept the Butler Township ballot cast by O’Donnell.

Wagner did not sign the outer envelope twice, and O’Donnell’s ballot involved a residency question.

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