In Re Opening of Ballot Boxes, Montour Cty.

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• finding that in Henry, we only permitted certain verification mistakes to be cured because they were the notary public’s fault
• noting that for 80 years, under current and former election codes, a recount petition not verified in accordance with statutory requirements cannot invoke jurisdiction of courts of common pleas and must be dismissed
• “[t]he fact that the issue was raised in an irregular manner is of no moment, since the court could have both raised the issue and decided it in the same fashion sua sponte”
• “it has been consistently held for more than eighty years that a recount petition not verified in accordance with the statutory requirements does not properly invoke the jurisdiction of the common pleas court and should be dismissed.”

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