Five Lehigh County voters who did not write a date on their mail-in ballots' return envelope filed a federal lawsuit to stop certification of the results.
Cohen is 74 votes behind Republican David Ritter in the race for one of the three seats on Lehigh County’s Common Pleas Court. The 257 undated ballots in question could tip the race’s outcome in Cohen’s favor.
A Commonwealth Court panel has reversed a Lehigh County judge's decision on vote-by-mail ballots with missing dates, ruling that the votes should not be counted in a case that could affect the outcome of a close race for county judge.
A Lehigh County judge heard arguments in an appeal of the decision to count improperly dated mail-in ballots that could close the gap in a tight judicial race.