Chesco Judge Accused Of Errors In Decision — Chester County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Vewrey has been blasted in a filing regarding his Dec. 18 denial to allow Republican Recorder of Deeds candidate Brian D. Yanoviak — and others — access to digital copies of various election records including ballots, unredacted outer envelopes for mail-in ballots, unredacted poll books and the cast vote record for the central tabulator.
Yanoviak is being assisted by Greg Stenstrom, a Delaware County poll watcher and election integrity watchdog.
Others are being represented by attorney Renee Mazer.
The plaintiffs say that Vewrey cited arguments they did not make in their complaint; invoked standards that were not applicable; and incorrectly cited state law, among other things.
“With regard to Judge Verwey’s characterizations of Pro Se Plaintiff’s Yanoviak’s and attorney Mazer’s statements at the close of the one-hour hearing, Judge Verwey either misheard or plainly misstates, what they said and neither Yanoviak or Mazer said there was no fraud, rather they were not alleging any “specific” fraud,” the complaint reads.
The complaints claim that there are legitimate concerns of fraud or errors. This is enough under state law to allow for the relief being sought.
The case is off to Commonwealth Court.
Chesco Judge Accused Of Errors In Decision
I am puzzled as to the reason for filing the initial suit with the county Common Pleas Court system which is notoriously political. It seems to me that it makes more sense to file de novo with the Commonwealth Court…