Dec 6, 2009 By Jennifer Harr 2 min read

The state Supreme Court will not hear a Fairchance man’s appeal of his failed candidacy for two offices in Fayette County’s primary. Robert “Ted” Pritchard Sr. unsuccessfully ran for magisterial district judge and constable. When he lost, Pritchard asked a county judge to toss out the election results because county officials did not complete a purge of the county’s 25,000 inactive voters.

Pritchard claimed that the election results were tainted because that could have led to voter fraud.

In a one-sentence order, the court also denied Pritchard’s application for a stay and a motion for an emergency stay.

He filed those after the general election, and asked that the court stop the county from certifying election results.

Pritchard ran for magisterial district judge against incumbent Magisterial District Judge Randy Abraham and Senior Magisterial District Judge Brenda Cavalcante.

In the primary, Abraham bested both on the Democrat ticket and defeated Cavalcante on the Republican ticket, as well. Pritchard did not cross-file and only appeared on the Democrat ballot.

On the Democratic ticket, Pritchard, who has run for other offices over the years, received 63 votes. Abraham received 3,012 votes and Cavalcante received 970 votes.

Abraham, who faced no opposition, was re-elected in November.

Pritchard claimed that he could have won both the district judge and constable race, but indicated that the county did not purge the voter rolls, and people could have impersonated voters who were dead, infirm or had moved away.

When Judge Gerald R. Solomon denied Pritchard’s request, Pritchard appealed to Commonwealth Court. That court denied his request, and he asked the state’s high court to hear the case.