Republican Tony Allen conceded the race for Lancaster Township supervisor early this afternoon after a painstaking, 3½-hour manual recount showed his Democratic opponent won by 13 votes. “That’s it,” Allen said after the tally was announced by Lancaster County elections officials shortly before 2:30 p.m.
The results will bring an end to Allen’s 18-year career as […]

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Lancaster County elections officials completed their official canvassing of votes in the race for Lancaster Township supervisor this morning, and though they found four votes that had not been previously counted, the discovery did not change the outcome of the race. Democrat Ben Bamford picked up two of those votes, bringing his total to 1,190, […]

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The Lancaster County Board of Elections has scheduled the official count and canvass of the 11-vote upset of Lancaster Township Supervisor Tony Allen for 9 Thursday morning. The official count is mandated under state law; officials compare return sheets and count used and unused ballots to verify the original results.
As we’ve been writing about […]

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The county’s top elections official, Mary Stehman, says there might be additional military or overseas absentee ballots that have not been opened in the race for Lancaster Mayor. Former two-term Mayor Charlie Smithgall picked up 11 votes from provisional ballots, bringing the Republican’s total to 3,485, in the final canvassing of returns Friday evening. Mayor […]

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As I mentioned earlier, Tony Allen could potentially petition the courts to order a visual recount of the election results for supervisor in Lancaster Township. Allen, a Republican, appears to have lost by only 11 votes or less than half a percentage point to Ben Bamford, a Democrat. I say “appears to” because there are […]

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Just in case you missed them in this morning’s print edition, here are a few brainteasers for your Friday evening enjoyment:
1.) And you thought this year’s mayoral race was close? Yes, Democrat Rick Gray won a second term by only 313 votes of the 7,261 cast in the race, or about 4 percentage points. Yes, […]

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Former two-term Mayor Charlie Smithgall picked up 11 votes from provisional ballots, bringing the Republican’s total to 3,485, in the final canvassing of returns completed early this evening. Mayor Rick Gray, a Democrat, picked up five votes from provisional ballots, bringing his total to 3,792, said Mary Stehman, the county’s registrar of elections and chief […]

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