The Davis administration, in its termination letter, insisted the employee was an insubordinate probationary worker who displayed 'open hostility' toward Davis.
A higher court will decide the final makeup of the primary ballot in the race for Erie County clerk of records.
The Erie County Board of Elections on Thursday voted unanimously on Thursday to file an appeal with state Commonwealth Court in the case of candidate Anthony Buzz Andrezeski, a former state senator.
The three-member board voted at an emergency meeting at noon after Erie County Judge Daniel Brabender on Tuesday refused the board s request that he reverse his March 22 decision that put the names of the Democrat Andrezeski and a Republican, Chad Hershey, on the May 18 ballot in the clerk of records race.