The Carbon County Board of Elections, meeting this morning, took action to officially certify the primary election voting totals as they pertain to write-in votes.

The action resulted in numerous people winning either Democratic or Republican nominations that changed some contested races in various municipalities.

To win a nomination, a candidate needed to obtain 10 write-in votes for positions such as mayor, council and constable, and five write-in votes for inspectors and judges of elections, or more than other candidates who also surpassed the minimum requirement.

With the certification of the vote totals tallied by the election office headed by Director Lisa Dart, here are how write-in votes affected municipal races:

Banks Township: Bruce Knepper, who won the Democratic nomination for the six-year term as constable, received 16 Republican write-in votes and will appear on both ballots in November.

Beaver Meadows Borough: Thad Williams received 16 Republican write-in votes to win the nomination for a four-year term as mayor. There were no candidates on either ballot for the post.

Bowmanstown Borough: Norman A. Engle Jr. will be running against Zach Snyder for the four-year term as mayor of the town. Engle received 13 write-in votes on the Democratic side to win that nomination while Snyder was unopposed on the Republican ballot. Ben Powell won both Democratic and Republican nominations for four-year terms on the borough council with 11 and 13 write-in votes, respectively. He will join Robert Moyer and Ben Price on the Democratic side in November and Donna L. Winter, Candace Rodrigues and Darren Thomas on the GOP side. Four people will be elected.

East Penn Township: William G. Schwab and Keith L. House, Republicans who won the two nominations for six-year terms on the township’s board of supervisors, received 29 Democratic write-in votes each and will now appear on both ballots in November. Linda Bierman received 16 GOP write-in votes to win that nomination for a four-year term as inspector of elections in District 7.

Franklin Township: Republican Sara J. Keiser was unopposed for her party’s nomination for the four-year term as tax collector and received 14 Democratic write-in votes to win that nomination as well and will appear on both ballots in the general election. Jason Eidem received 15 Republican write-in votes to win that nomination for a six-year term as constable and Stacy J. Sheckler received 80 Democratic write-in votes for the four-year term as judge of elections in District 13.

Jim Thorpe Borough: Michael Sofranko, a Republican, was unopposed for the GOP nomination for the four-year term as mayor and will appear on both ballots in November after having won the Democratic nomination with 56 write-in votes. Likewise, Patricia Spillman will appear on both ballots for the four-year term as tax collector. A Democrat, she was unopposed on that side, but also received 17 GOP write-in votes to win that nomination. In the borough council balloting, Joanne Klitsch and Jessica Crowley received 42 and 25 Republican votes, respectively, to get their names on that ballot in November. In the general, Klitsch will appear on both ballots as she was one of four party members, joining Democrats Thomas Highland, Michael S. Rivkin and Dennis J. McGinley III on that side and Republicans Gregory Strubinger, Mart Shorten and Crowley on that ballot. James McHugh, a Republican, was unopposed for the nomination for a six-year term as constable and will appear on both ballots in November after receiving 22 write-in votes from Democratic voters to win that nomination.

Kidder Township: Republican Bruce Berger, who won one of two nominations for the six-year terms on the board of supervisors, along with Wilson Klotzman, will also appear on the Democratic ballot after having received 26 write-in votes from that party’s voters. Kim Ginopolas, who was unopposed for the Democratic nomination for the four-term as tax collector, won the GOP nomination as well with 17 write-in votes and will appear on both ballots in November.

Lansford Borough: Jennifer Staines and Jay Michael Doyle will appear on both the Republican and Democratic ballots for three four-year terms on the borough council after they won Republican nominations by write-in votes. They were both unopposed on the Democratic ballot as the only candidates for three nominations that were up for grabs, and received 12 and 15 GOP votes, respectively, to win that party’s nominations, along with Gwyneth Brimmer Collevechio, who was unopposed as the only candidate whose name appeared on that side of the ballot. Democrat Terrance P. McCall was unopposed for his party’s nomination for the four-year term as tax collector. He will appear on both ballots in November after winning the GOP nomination with 27 write-in votes.

Lehighton Borough: Republican Clark A. Ritter was unopposed for his party’s nomination for the four-year term as mayor and will now appear on both tickets in November after having received 35 write-in votes from Democratic voters. Likewise, Mary E. Strohl, a Republican, was unchallenged for the nomination for the four-year term as tax collector and also won the Democratic nomination with 17 write-in votes. In borough council balloting, Autumn Abelovsky collected 12 write-in votes from Democratic voters to win the second nomination for four-year terms on the borough council, along with Joe Flickinger, who was the only candidate whose name appeared on that side of the ballot. Abelovsky will appear on both ballots in November as she and Ryan Saunders were the only candidates whose named appeared on the GOP ticket. Thomas Sitarchyk, who was unopposed for the Democratic nomination for a six-year term as constable, won the GOP nomination as well with 15 write-in votes and will now appear on both ballots in November.

Lower Towamensing Township: Terry Kuehner, who squeaked out a 152-151 win over Jay Mullikin to win the Republican nomination for a six-year term on the board of supervisors, will also appear on the Democratic ballot. He received 14 write-in votes, four more than Mullikin, to win that party’s nomination. Maxine Scherer collected 12 write-in votes from Democratic voters to win that party’s nomination for the four-year term as tax collector. She was unopposed on the GOP side and will now appear on both ballots in November.

Mahoning Township: Republican Pauline F. Homm was unopposed for the six-year term as tax collector. She received 25 write-in votes from Democrats to win that party’s nomination and will appear on both ballots in November.

Nesquehoning Borough: Thomas Kattner, a Republican, was the only candidate on either ballot for the nominations for the four-year term as mayor, and will now appear on both ballots in November as he received 41 write-in votes from Democrats to win that nomination. Jo-Ann Hawk received five write-in votes to win the Democratic nomination for a four-year term as inspector of elections in District 35.

Packer Township: George Bozar received 15 write-in votes from Republican voters to win the nomination for the six-year term as constable. Kristin Wilkinson won both the GOP and Democratic nominations for the four-year term as inspector of elections with 11 write-in votes and five write-in votes, respectively.

Palmerton Borough: Don Herrmann, a Republican, scored a win for his party’s nomination for the four-year term as mayor and will appear on both ballots in November as he won the Democratic nomination with 42 write-in votes. In borough council balloting, there were four nominations to be decided by both parties. The Republicans have four candidates, Raberta Hans, Cory Kepner, Richard Nothstein and Michael Ballard, while the Democrats had three, Randolph Gursky, Alyson Nicole Krawchuk and Kris W. Hoffner. Hans received 10 write-in votes on that side to win the fourth Democratic nomination and will appear on both ballots in November. Republican Lisa M. Nemeth was unopposed for his party’s nomination for the four-year term as tax collector. She will appear on both ballots in November after winning the Democratic nomination with 25 write-in votes.

Parryville Borough: There were no candidates on either ballot in Parryville for mayor, tax collector nor council, where three seats are to be filled. Write-in votes resulted in candidates to be on the ballots in November for mayor and council, but no one was successful in winning the tax collector’s nominations. Thomas Kobal will appear on both tickets for the four-year term as mayor as he received 35 Republican and 13 Democratic write-in votes, respectively. For the three council nominations, Jason Smith, Monica Kunkle and Dustin Wentz will appear on both ballots in November. They received 19, 18 and 18 write-in votes, respectively, on the Democratic side, and 37, 36 and 40 write-in votes, respectively, on the Republican side.

Penn Forest Township: Roger L. Meckes and Patrick Holland, Republicans who won the two nominations for six-year terms on the board of supervisors, will also appear on both ballots in November after having won Democratic nominations with 34 and 18 write-in votes, respectively. Republican Josiah Behrens III was unopposed on his party’s ballot for the nomination for the four-year term as tax collector and also won the Democratic nomination with 28 write-in votes and will appear on both ballots in November.

Summit Hill Borough: Democrat Jeffrey J. Szczecina won the Democratic nomination for the four-year term as mayor and will appear on both ballots in November as he received 197 Republican write-in votes to win that nomination as well. Likewise, Nathan R. Halenar win the Democratic race for his party’s nomination for the four-year term as tax collector. He also won the Republican nomination with 143 write-in votes to get his name on both ballots for November. In the balloting for the nominations for a two-year term on the borough council, Michael L. Alabovitz received 20 Republican write-in votes to win that nomination and will face Democrat William J. O’Gurek Jr., who won a four-person race for the Democratic nomination. O’Gurek, Alabovitz and Joseph F. Weber, who won Democratic nominations for three four-year terms on the council, also won GOP nominations with 26, 29 and 31 GOP write-in votes, respectively, and will appear on both ballots in November for the four-year terms. Brian J. Dolena received 12 Democratic write-in votes to win that nomination for the six-year term for constable. There were no candidates for the post.

Towamensing Township: No one was on the township’s Republican or Democratic ballots for the four-year term as tax collector, but Nicole Strausberger received 16 GOP write-in votes to win that nomination.

Weatherly Borough: Republican Deborah Kohler, who was unopposed for her party’s nomination for the four-year term as tax collector, also won the Democratic nomination with 12 write-in votes and will appear on both ballots in November. Theresa I. D’Andrea and Vincent A. Cuddeford II will appear on both ballots for 4 four-year terms on the borough council, after D’Andrea received 68 Republican write-in votes and Cuddeford received 12 Democratic write-in votes. In November, the Democratic side will include D’Andrea, Cuddeford, Leslie Moyer and Jeffrey Miller while the GOP side will include D’Andrea, Cuddeford, Miller and Norman B. Richie. Richard Giordano will appear on both ballots for the six-year term as constable after he won both parties’ nominations with 14 Democratic and 13 Republican write-in votes. Barbara J. Cunnius won the Democratic nomination for a four-year term as judge of elections in the 58th District with 10 write-in votes.