Westmoreland County voters in November will officially elect new magisterial district judges to preside over courts based in Derry, Penn Township, Unity and Youngwood. But it appeared from early election returns that three of the four races had already been decided. Each district had contested races Tuesday in which candidates
A quarter of Westmoreland County’s 16 district courts will see a new judge in 2022. Eleven candidates are seeking four contested seats on the local courts seeking to replace three retiring judges and fill one seat left vacant by a resignation. Judicial candidates are permitted to cross-file and all will
Jason Cato | Tribune-Review
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Westmoreland County elections officials on Monday continued to piece together how the race for a district judge’s seat was excluded from mail-in ballots sent to voters last week in four Mt. Pleasant Township precincts.
“It’s my responsibility,” Elections Bureau Director JoAnn Sebastiani said of the oversight that led to 189 incorrect ballots being mailed to voters in advance of the May 18 primary.
Sebastiani, who took over the top elections bureau job last summer, said no one in her office was aware that a court-ordered redistricting of the county’s district courts, signed into law in October, eliminated one seat, shifted boundary lines and moved four Mt. Pleasant Township precincts into the jurisdiction served by retiring District Judge Mike
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Westmoreland County officials acknowledged that more than 190 incorrect mail-in ballots were issued to voters in Mt. Pleasant Township.
Ballots issued to voters in four precincts Ridgeview, Mammoth, United and Westmoreland Homestead erroneously omitted the race for district judge to replace Michael Mahady, who will retire at the end of his current six-year term, according to a news released issued Friday evening.
Voters in those precincts were placed in a judicial district that no longer exists after it was eliminated last year as part of a judicial restructuring.
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The May 18 primary election is quickly approaching, and there is one clear choice for magisterial district judge, Rebecca Salandro. Salandro has years of experience working in the community as a behavioral health case manager and more than 10 years working throughout the court system as a criminal justice liaison. In this capacity, she works collaboratively with many entities including local district judges, state and local police, assistant district attorneys, and public defenders and has earned a reputation as knowledgeable, dedicated and compassionate.