The Pennsylvania Supreme Court just issued a ruling today that amounts to a big election victory when it comes to mail-in ballots.
Essentially, the ruling is that undated and misdated mail-in ballots cannot be counted in the November election:
BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that undated and misdated mail-in ballots CANNOT be counted this time
A major victory for election integrity pic.twitter.com/n2fRZ5fjIJ
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Here’s more from NBC News:
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Friday that mail ballots that are improperly dated won’t be counted in November, a move that could have major implications in the closely divided battleground state.
The decision reverses a lower court ruling from last month that found it was unconstitutional to reject mail ballots that had a missing or incorrect date.
The bureaucratic requirements of ballots in Pennsylvania have long been the subject of litigation, with opponents of the date requirements arguing that they unnecessarily disenfranchise eligible voters. A group of voting rights advocates went to court in May seeking to block the provision, which required election officials to reject ballots that were incorrectly dated, even if the ballot reached them by the statutory deadline