The process of breaking ties from the general election of Nov. 2 took place last Friday in the Carbon County Elections Office, Jim Thorpe, where 29 ties resulted due to the write-in vote process.

Write-in votes are generally utilized by voters where there are no candidates on the ballots. To be successful, a person only needs one write-in vote, or one more than another candidate.

To break the ties, office personnel, under the direction of Lisa Dart, who hears the elections bureau, put numbered balls in a box with candidates, if they are present, taking turns pulling one of them. The balls are numbered 1-10, with the person who pulled the number closest to 1 being deemed the winner of that respective race.

In one particular case, East Penn Township, Sydney Wernett was the winner of a tie for a two-year term as auditor, however, since she does not reside in the township, the office is declared open without a winner. Wernett was an unsuccessful candidate for clerk of courts.

The results of the tiebreaking process is as follows:

Banks Township:

inspector of elections, four-year term, David Bodnar won over Francis Samec, Dave Mazur, Richard F. McGettigan and Anna Marie Kelly.

East Penn Township:

auditor, six-year term, Wendy Kunkel won over Jeffrey Young, Rich Diehl and Jessica M. Engler; and auditor, two-year term, Sydney Wernett won over Young, Diehl, Sydney Wernett and Luke P. Engler.

East Side Borough:

mayor, four-year term, Eric Siglin won over Gerald D. Jones Sr.; and judge of elections, four-year term, Russell Huston won over Shawn Fisher.

Franklin Township:

judge of elections, District 11, four-year term, Zachary Kudla won over Anthony Frantz and David Bradley; inspector of elections, District 11, four-year term, Kudla won over Rod Mann, Donald Dorward and Dennis Bauchspies; and inspector of elections, District 13, four-year term, Aldo Boni won over Stacy Sheckler, Jim Bestider, George Sauls and Denise Mertz.

Lansford Borough:

constable, six-year term, Jack Soberick won over Ed Evans and Wesley McCloskey; inspector of elections, District 23, four-year term, Stephanie A. Wagner won over Donna Valent, Patrice Murphy, Daniel Wynn, Steven Foster and Carl Vasiliou; inspector of elections, District 24, four-year term, Christine Priggins won over Daniel J. Wynn and Ed Evans; and inspector of elections, District 25, four-year term, Melissa McCloskey won over Jesse Durning.

Lehighton Borough:

judge of elections, District 30, four-year term, Jeremy Galush won over Sharon Wentz.

Lower Towamensing Township:

auditor, six-year term, Deborah Imbriaco won Ken Sutton, Timothy J. Duncan and Carl Silverstein; auditor, two-year term, Maxine Scherer won over Casi Papay, Deborah Imbriaco and Timothy J. Duncan; inspector of elections, District 32, four-year term, Albert Nelthropp won over Joe Germy, Kenneth P. Kaiser, Fay Wentz and Donald Griffith; and inspector of elections, District, four-year term, Gerard Madden won over Connie D. Brown.

Mahoning Township:

auditor, six-year term, Wally Putkowski won over Patrick Gallagher, Sean Gavin, Corey Kershner, Sydney Wernett and Keith Muffley.

Nesquehoning:

judge of elections, District 42, four-year term: Manny Filloy won over Lynn Sharpe and Roxanne Bonner; and inspector of elections, District 42, four-year term, Raymond Hasker won over Bonner and Filloy.

Packer Township:

auditor, six-year term, Donny Yanac Jr. won over Craig Reiner.

Palmerton Borough:

inspector of elections, District 47, four-year term, Jason Gray won over Samuel Claypoole.

Penn Forest Township:

inspector of elections, District 51-03, Francis A. Peirce won over Denise Martindell; judge of elections, District 51-05, Neill Kennedy won over Yvette I. Barnes, Jamie Kresge, John Hoke, Julian Valentini, Donna Briglio, Pat Gregoire and Jacob Ganz; and inspector of elections, District 51-05, four-year term, Julian Valentini won over Yvette I. Barnes, Jim Meikle, Jacob Ganz and Neill Kennedy.

Summit Hill Borough:

judge of elections, District 54, four-year term, William Derr won over Chris Laughlin; and inspector of elections, District 54, four-year term, Derr won over Laughlin and Brenda Chasarik.

Towamensing Township:

judge of elections, District 57-1, four-year term, Brenda Rankel won over Michael S. George; inspector of elections, District 57-1, four-year term, Michael S. George won over Elizabeth Campbell.