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Northampton County registrar breaks ties by casting lots for Nov. 4, 2025 municipal election offices
Summary
Officials at the Northampton County registrar's office used a public drawing of numbered balls to determine winners for dozens of municipal judges, inspectors and local offices when ballots produced ties or multiple-winner slots on the Nov. 4, 2025 ballot; winners were announced for each ward and office.
The Northampton County registrar's office held a public session to cast lots on Nov. 4, 2025, resolving tied or multi-winner outcomes for municipal offices across boroughs and townships. Registrar Chris Comenia opened the proceedings, explained the process and staff read each office and its candidates aloud before conducting random draws using numbered balls.
Why it mattered: Many local offices ' judges of election, auditors and inspectors of election ' had outcomes that could not be resolved by vote totals alone or required allocation between majority and minority inspector positions. Pennsylvania practice allows the random draw method in public when…
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