Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Restores Date Requirement for Mail Ballots, Voiding Lower-Court Ruling - Bucks County Beacon

Pennsylvanians who vote by mail must write a proper date on their ballot envelopes for their votes to be counted, under a decision Friday from the state Supreme Court that could affect thousands of voters this November. The decision voids an Aug. 30 Commonwealth Court ruling that enforcing the requirement on ballot dating violated voters’ rights under the state constitution. The Supreme Court’s 4–3 decision was based on whether the lower court h…

PA Supreme Court tosses ruling on incorrectly dated mail ballots – Metro Philadelphia

Mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect handwritten dates may not be counted in November’s presidential election in Pennsylvania, potentially affecting thousands of votes in a critical swing state. Two weeks after an appeals court ordered that elections officials should tabulate ballots with date errors, the state Supreme Court threw out that decision Friday, Sept. 13, on procedural grounds. Attorneys representing the 10 civic engagement group…

PA Supreme Court Ruling Sharpens Election Integrity Rules

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules to Disqualify Undated, Misdated Mail-In Ballots

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a decision on Sept. 13 that upholds a requirement in the key battleground state that voters must include accurate dates on the exterior envelopes of their mail-in ballots for the votes to be counted. The split 4–3 ruling vacates a previous Commonwealth Court decision that had halted enforcement of the legal requirement under Pennsylvania law that disqualified mail-in ballots if they were undated or featured …

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Friday that mail-in ballots with incorrect dates will not be counted in the next elections in November. Read more]] >

Pennsylvania mail-in ballots without correct dates will not be counted, court rules

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Friday that mail-in ballots without the correct dates on envelopes cannot be counted in elections, a decision which could prove crucial in this year’s presidential election where 19 electoral college votes are up for grabs. The state’s high court ruled on procedural grounds, saying a lower court that found the mandate unenforceable should not have taken up the case because it did not draw in the election boar…