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PITTSBURGH – Due to a federal judge’s ruling on Tuesday, the state senator for Pennsylvania’s 45th District comprising parts of both Allegheny and Westmoreland counties will in fact be Democratic incumbent Jim Brewster.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan
denied an attempt from the campaign of Republican state Senate challenger Nicole Ziccarelli to throw out mail-in ballots submitted in Allegheny County without a listed date, finding the 311 ballots in question were valid and properly counted toward Brewster’s victory.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania had first ruled Nov. 21 in its majority decision that the undated mail-in ballots that Ziccarelli challenged should be counted in the final vote totals, in her race against Brewster.
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A Blair County judge has asked the Pennsylvania Superior Court to deny reinstatement of a right to appeal by a former Altoona man who is contesting the forfeiture of cash and multiple items, such computer equipment, confiscated by the government upon his arrest on drug-related charges.
In opinions issued in two separate cases recently, Judge Timothy M. Sullivan pointed out that Jermaine Samuel, an inmate in the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, wants the right to challenge the forfeitures now more than seven years after the fact.
According to the judge, “As a practical matter, with the time lapse of greater than seven years, in all likelihood the property subject to forfeiture has been lawfully disposed of by the Commonwealth.”
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HOLLIDAYSBURG Hollidaysburg resident Tyler Slippy was likely murdered in his home Nov. 21 by a coworker because of a romantic rivalry, Blair County District Attorney Pete Weeks said.
Nearly seven weeks after the Hollidaysburg Borough Police Department announced 27-year-old Slippy’s homicide, police and members of the Blair County District Attorney’s Office released details of the grisly murder during a press conference Friday.
Law enforcement’s primary suspect, 39-year-old Kenneth T. Kim, was found dead Dec. 23 in a hotel room in Cambria County after stealing a vehicle from a car dealership and fleeing from police as they conducted warranted searches of his possessions and property. Police reported Kim took his own life.
Pennsylvania members of US House of Representatives Dan Meuser et al statement regarding certification of electors December 31, 2020, PA unlawful actions “We’ve Identified 450,000 Ballots that Miraculously ONLY have a Vote for Joe Biden”…Attorney Sidney Powell “The matrix below indicates that significant irregularities occurred across all six battleground states and across all six dimensions…
Members of Pennsylvania’s delegation in the House of Representatives are accusing state officials of engaging in election improprieties, and “circumventing” the state legislature’s “clear constitutional authority” to determine election procedures.