§ 1772Nominations or Elections Declared Invalid; Filling of Vacancies

Whenever in any contested nomination or
election, the tribunal trying the case shall decide that the
ballots or ballot labels used in one or more election districts,
by reason of the omission, addition, misplacing, misspelling
or misstatement of one or more titles of office, or names of
candidates, or parties or bodies represented by them, were so
defective as to the office in contest as to be calculated to
mislead the voters in regard to any of the candidates nominated
or seeking nomination for said office, and that the defective
condition of the said ballots or ballot labels may have affected
the result of the entire primary or election for said office,
the said tribunal shall declare the primary or election to be
invalid as regards the said office, and in the case of elections
shall report their decision, in cases where vacancies in such
offices are filled by appointment, to the proper officer or
officers who are by law authorized to fill vacancies occurring
in such office, who, upon receipt of such notice, shall, without
delay, proceed to appoint a suitable person or persons to fill

the vacancies thus created, and the person or persons so
appointed shall continue in office until the next election
succeeding his appointment at which such office is by law
required to be filled. All other vacancies so created shall be
filled in such manner as now or hereafter may be provided by
law, and all vacancies in nominations so created shall be filled
in the manner provided by section 979 of this act.