21 judges and inspectors of elections determined by write-in votes in Carbon

Carbon County voters were slated to elect one judge of elections and two inspectors of elections in the 51 voting precincts in the county when the general election was held on Nov. 7. In some cases, however, there were no candidates’ names on either the Democratic or Republican ballots for the posts, all four-year terms.

That meant the positions were up for grabs via the write-in vote method. To win each office, a person needed only one vote, or more than another person who received vote(s) for the same office.

Twenty-one positions ended up being filled by the electorate using write-in votes.

The winners were:

East Penn Township: James Zelrick, inspector of elections, District 8, one vote.

Franklin Township: Dennis Bauchspies, judge of elections, District 11, two votes; Anthony Frantz, inspector of elections, District 11, one vote; and Brenda J. Eckley, inspector of elections, District 13, 10 votes.

Kidder Township: Michael Belay, judge of elections, District 20, four votes; and Roy Lamberson, judge of elections, District 21, two votes.

Lower Towamensing Township: Stacey Arthur, judge of elections, District 33, two votes.

Mahoning Township: Paige Sutton, inspector of elections, District 36, four votes.

Penn Forest Township: Richard Haberern, judge of elections, District 51-05, three votes.

Towamensing Township: Brenda Rankel, judge of elections, District 57-01, one vote.

East Side Borough: Staron Mrozinski, judge of elections, four votes.

Jim Thorpe Borough: David Grant Riegel, judge of elections and inspector of elections, District 15, one vote for each; Doren Perdie, inspector of elections, District 17, seven votes; and Jeanine Swedar, inspector of elections, District 18, seven votes.

Lansford borough: Daniel J. Wynn, judge of elections and inspector of elections, District 24, two and three votes, respectively; and Jesse Durning, judge of elections and inspector of elections, District 25, one vote for each.

Lehighton borough: Samantha Bowman, judge of elections, District 30, four votes; and Craig Bowman, inspector of elections, District 30, five votes.