Court: Pennsylvania Officials Can't Toss Misdated Mail-in Ballots

Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Pennsylvania election officials can no longer reject otherwise eligible mail-in ballots because they were improperly dated or lacked a date entirely, a state court ruled late last week.

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... Why it matters: The decision could prevent thousands of ballots from being tossed out in the battleground state in this November's election.

The big picture: The case is among three challenging Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot process just months before the election, but it's potentially the most consequential.

- - - The lawsuits come after Republicans hammered the state with baseless claims of voter fraud in 2020. Former President Trump repeated those allegations during a campaign rally in Philadelphia this summer.

Catch up quick: Pennsylvania simplified its mail-in ballot process last year to reduce the number of disqualified ballots.

- - - Yes, but: More than 8,500 ballots were still rejected in the April primary " about half of which were due to dating errors, per Spotlight PA. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-04 06:29 PM | Reply

Good. Voting should be made as easy as possible.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-09-04 06:33 PM | Reply

fmr Pres Trump, January 2, 2021...

Trump"Raffensperger phone call
en.wikipedia.org

...Trump told Raffensperger, "What I want to do is this. I just want to find, uh, 11,780 votes ...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-04 06:37 PM | Reply

Que the squealing from Dementia DonOLD that the election is rigged.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-09-05 09:57 AM | Reply

Bill Johnson had a stroke.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-09-05 06:11 PM | Reply

This was a huge deal, PN being an inordinately important state in the vote.

But more reform is needed nationwide, like making the Electoral College more representative of the popular vote, which can be done without a an Amendment if one can get enough votes in Congress.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-05 06:18 PM | Reply

Pre-preparing for the cheat again I see.

#7 | Posted by MSgt at 2024-09-06 12:22 PM | Reply