Close to 50 people were successful in getting their names on the municipal ballots in Carbon County, according to tabulations completed last week by the county’s elections office.

Write-in votes enable people to win either a Democratic or Republican nomination in cases where ballot positions are left vacant. To be win a nomination a person needs to get a designated amount of write-in votes, or they need to get more write-in votes than a candidate who does appear on the ballot.

The required amount of write-in votes to win a nomination are as follows: county positions, 100; municipal nominations, 10; judge of elections positions, 10; and inspector of elections posts, 5.

In some cases, successful write-in candidates created General Election contests; others secured the opposite party’s nomination to just about assure themselves election as they will appear on both ballots; and there are some who will be either unopposed, or, in cases of judges of elections and inspector of elections, won the respective positions as those two positions are decided in the Primary Election as opposed to the General Election.

For example, Denise Leibensperger won the Democratic nomination for a four-year term as mayor for Lansford. Leibensperger was also the winner of the GOP nomination.

Three Palmerton school board candidates who were removed from the ballot in a court challenge earlier this year, secured write-ins for the Democratic ticket.

No county candidate received the required 100 write-in votes to win a Democratic nomination.

The write-in candidates that impacted races are:

Beaver Meadows Borough

John Tranguch was elected to a four-year term as judge of elections with 13 GOP votes while Judith Tranguch was elected to a four-year term as inspector of elections with 9 GOP votes.

East Side Borough

Jeanette Keiper was elected to a four-year term as inspector of elections with 7 GOP votes.

Franklin Township

Nicholas Storm won the Democratic nomination for a six-year term on the board of supervisors with 25 votes. He was also the winner of the GOP nomination.

Sara J. Keiser won the Democratic nomination for a four-year term as tax collector with 19 votes. She was also the winner of the GOP nomination.

Jim Thorpe

Eric Cinicola won the Democratic nomination for a four-year term as mayor with 32 votes. He was also the winner of the GOP nomination.

Lyle Tony Augustine and Alice Ann Roberti won Democratic nominations for four four-year terms on the council with 149 and 142 votes, respectively.

They will join Joanne Klitsch and Thomas Chapman on that ballot in November.

Augustine and Roberti won GOP nominations and will appear on both ballots, while Alexander Lorkowski and Michael Allen Heffelfinger will also be GOP candidates.

Patricia Spillman won the GOP nomination for a four-year term as tax collector with 19 votes. She was also the winner of the Democratic nomination.

Kidder Township

Kim Ginopolas won the GOP nomination for a four-year term as tax collector with 43 votes. She was also the winner of the Democratic nomination.

Mary Farnschlader was elected to a four-year term as inspector of elections in the South District with 5 votes.

Lansford

Denise Leibensperger won the Democratic nomination for a four-year term as mayor with 39 votes, with Bob Silver getting 32 and Bruce Markovich, 15. Leibensperger was also the winner of the GOP nomination.

Joseph Pavlis won the Democratic nomination for a four-year term as tax collector. He was also the winner of the GOP nomination.

Lehigh Township

Terry D. Souder III won the GOP nomination for a six-year term on the board of supervisors with 11 votes.

Lehighton

Rebecca Worthy and Jordyn Miller won Republican nominations for three four-year terms on borough council with 16 and 11 votes, respectively.

They will join Jacob R. Bonser on that ballot.

Worthy and Miller were also winners of Democratic nomination, as was Joseph R. Flickinger.

Mary Strohl won the Democratic nomination for a four-year term as tax collector with 10 votes. She was also the winner of the GOP nomination.

Mahoning Township

Jane L. Arnold was elected to a four-year term as judge of elections in the Packerton/Jamestown District with 14 votes.

Nesquehoning

Thomas Kattner won the Democratic and Republican nominations for a four-year term as mayor with 76 and 91 votes, respectively.

Joshua J. Jacobs and Lisa Shubeck won Democratic nominations for three four-year terms on the council with 17 and 10 votes, respectively. They will be joined on that ballot by Mary Fox.

Jacobs also won a GOP nomination for council with 17 votes while an apparent tie for a nomination exists between Shubeck and Jessica Aungst as they both received 14 votes. The county elections office will break that tie.

Jacobs and the winner of the tie-breaker will join William Bamford on the GOP ballot.

Patricia R. Vito won the GOP nomination for a four-year term as tax collector with 17 votes. She was also the winner of the Democratic nomination.

Palmerton

Racquel Lutton won the Democratic nomination for a four-year term as tax collector with 15 votes. She was also the winner of the GOP nomination.

Penn Forest Township

Scott Lignore and Brandon Bell won Democratic nominations for two six-year terms on the board of supervisors with 45 and 15 votes, respectively.

Lignore also won a GOP nomination and will join Christian Bartulovich on that ballot.

Jordan Behrens won the Democratic nomination for a four-year term as tax collector with 15 votes. She was also winner of the GOP nomination.

Summit Hill

Karen Ruzicka won the Republican nomination for a four-year term as mayor with 14 votes. She was also the winner of the Democratic nomination.

Edward J. Kane won a Democratic nomination for a four-year term on council with 12 votes.

Nathan R. Halenar won the GOP nomination for a four-year term as tax collector with 19 votes. He was also the winner of the Democratic nomination.

Towamensing Township

David Bieling was elected to a four-year term as inspector of elections in the South-2 District with 5 votes.

Weatherly

Susan Danenhower and Greg Walters won Democratic nominations for four four-year terms on the council with 15 votes each. They will be joined on the ballot by Theresa D’Andrea.

Walters also won a GOP nomination with 61 votes. He will be joined on that ballot by Danenhower, Jeffrey Miller and Vincent A. Cuddeford II.

Mary Rose Minnich was elected to a four-year term as inspector of elections in the West District with 8 votes.

Weissport

Jodi Becker won the GOP nomination for a four-year term as mayor with 19 votes.

Shelley Fisher won a GOP nomination for three four-year terms on borough council with 12 votes.

Lynette Moyer won the GOP nomination for a four-year term as tax collector with 15 votes.

Jim Thorpe School Board

Edward Rehrig won Democratic and Republican nominations for four four-year terms on the Jim Thorpe Area School District Board of Directors with 14 and 13 votes, respectively.

He will be joined on both by Dennis J. McGinley, Gerald Jerry Strubinger and Meghan Demshick.

Palmerton Area School Board

Stacy Connell, Erin Snyder and Earl Paules won Democratic nominations for four four-year terms on the Palmerton Area School District Board of Directors. They will be joined on the ballot by Michael George.

Connell, Snyder and Earl Paules also won GOP nominations and will be joined on that ballot by Danielle Paules.

The results will leave Palmerton with a total of five candidates on November’s ballot for four open spots. Connell, Snyder, Earl Paules and Danielle Paules are incumbents. George would be a newcomer to the board.

Weatherly School Board

Gerard Grega won a Republican nomination for four four-year terms on the Weatherly Area School District Board of Directors with 53 votes.

He will be joined on the ballot by Ryan P. Binder, Barbara Sipler and Nancy Mulvaney. Sipler and Binder also won Democratic nominations.

Grega also won the Republican nomination for a two-year term on the board with 33 votes