The Pennsylvania Supreme Court directed Pennsylvania counties on Monday not to count mail-in ballots that lacked the correct date or otherwise violated state law.
The Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania had filed suit against all of the state’s 67 county boards of elections seeking an order directing that the law must be followed.
Currently, GOP Senate candidate Dave McCormick holds about a 17,000 vote lead over Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey.
Casey has refused to concede the race, though the Associated Press and other news outlets have called it for McCormick.
The state Supreme Court said in its order that all county election boards — “including the Boards of Elections in Bucks County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia County, SHALL COMPLY with the prior rulings of this Court in which we have clarified that mail-in and absentee ballots that fail to comply with the requirements of the Pennsylvania Election Code … SHALL NOT BE COUNTED for purposes of the election held on November 5, 2024.”
Fox News reported, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled before the election that mail ballots lacking formally required signatures or dates should not be included in official results.”
But officials in Bucks,