US EditionPennsylvania must count undated mail-in ballots, US appeals court rules
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court ruled Pennsylvania must count ballots missing or with incorrect envelope dates, impacting thousands previously discarded and affirming voting rights.
- A federal appeals court ruled that a Pennsylvania law requiring the disqualification of mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect dates on the return envelope is unconstitutional.
- The court sided with Democratic-affiliated groups and a teachers union, stating the law improperly burdened the constitutional right to vote.
- The decision could be overturned if the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the issue, which has been heavily litigated between Democrats seeking to remove the requirement and Republicans defending it.
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Pennsylvania must count mail ballots with date errors, court rules – Metro Philadelphia
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Pennsylvania election officials must count undated or incorrectly dated mail-in ballots, the latest development in the legal wrangling over the state’s voting system. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, a three-judge panel based in Philadelphia, unanimously upheld a lower court’s decision finding that the practice of discarding ballots with date errors violates the Constitution. Voters are …
Court orders PA to keep mail ballots with missing dates
HARRISBURG — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that it is unconstitutional for the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania to throw out mail ballots simply because the voter didn't write an accurate date on the return envelope. The unanimous decision by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Pennsylvania to stop throwing out such ballots and upheld the decision earlier this year by a federal judge in Pittsburgh. In its 55-p…
Federal Appeals Court Says Pennsylvania Ballot Date Requirement Violates Constitution
Pennsylvania’s requirement that election officials reject ballots with missing dates violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled on Aug. 26. The requirement burdens the constitutional right to vote, and state officials have not provided enough evidence supporting their argument that state interests outweigh that burden, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said. “While the Commonwealth has raised…
Pennsylvania must count undated mail-in ballots, US appeals court rules
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a Pennsylvania law requiring mail-in ballots in the presidential battleground state be thrown out if they arrive in envelopes with the wrong or missing date written on them is unconstitutional.
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