US EditionRNC asks Supreme Court to take up Pennsylvania mail ballot fight
The RNC seeks to reverse a ruling that protects ballots missing or with incorrect dates, arguing the requirement is essential for election integrity, per Chair Joe Gruters.
- On Wednesday, the Republican National Committee filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to review Pennsylvania's mail-ballot dating rule, and Justice Samuel Alito extended the filing deadline to Feb. 11.
- Eakin v. Adams County originated when Pennsylvania voter Bette Eakin challenged the dating rule after her 2022 mailed ballot was rejected, leading to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' Aug. 26, 2025 decision.
- RNC attorneys argued the dating rule is a simple safeguard, with Joe Gruters saying it protects election integrity, while Judge Emil Bove dissented, calling it minimal 'less than five seconds'; Bove was nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed in 2025.
- The RNC urged the Court to overturn the appeals-court ruling that limits tossing undated or misdated mail ballots, with groups affiliated with the Democratic Party and a Pennsylvania teachers union involved.
- The petition arrives as the justices prepare for related election issues, including Watson v. Republican National Committee set for March 23, and the Court's Jan. 21, 2025, denial in Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP v. Schmidt, No.
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