BUTLER — Voters in Middlesex Township might have lost the chance to vote on a referendum to permit the sale of liquor in the township after a typographical error in the petition led to its rejection by the county Bureau of Elections earlier this month. Filers appealed the decision, making their case before the court Wednesday.

In the petition, filers collected more than the required number of signatures, but mistakenly listed the date of the upcoming primary as May 31, rather than the correct date of May 21. The elections bureau said this was a serious enough error to warrant a rejection, with petitioners filing an appeal requesting the court reverse its decision and allow it to proceed.

Judge Timothy McCune heard the case, listening to testimony from county officials and the organizer leading the push to end the moratorium in Middlesex.

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