Commissioner's Fate in Write-In Limbo

It may take until Tuesday for Salisbury Township Commissioner James Seagreaves to find out if he's been re-elected to another term.

That's because the incumbent needed a minimum of 10 write-in votes in Tuesday's primary election in order to advance to November's general election, according to officials at the Lehigh County Voter Registration office.

A filing error left his name off the ballot in the township's second ward and Tuesday's ballot was blank

Terri Harkins, deputy chief clerk at the Lehigh County Voter Registration office, said the counting of write-in votes through the county begins Friday and starts with the wards in Allentown.

Harkins said it could take until Tuesday for the write-in votes in Salisbury Township to be counted.

Seagreaves currently serves as president pro-tempore of the board.

Republican Board President James Brown ran unopposed in the Fourth Ward and will move on to the general election, where someone could engage him in a write-in campaign.