Opinion ID: 1436318
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Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Two Different Writing Utensils Used

Text: In this category there are two ballots. The first was an attempted vote for Walko and identified below as Exhibit A-Walko, Aliquippa Borough, Third District, and the second an attempted vote for Reed, identified as Exhibit A, Chippewa, Second District. In both instances ink and pencil were used. There is nothing distinctive in the manner in which the ballots were marked or in the coloring of the lead and ink that was used. We cannot infer from these ballots that there was a willful attempt to render them identifiable. We therefore hold that these votes should be counted and thus the total vote credited to each candidate must be increased by one. Cf. Mellody Appeal, supra and Wieskerger Appeal, supra .