Justices allow counting of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania
2 years, 6 months ago

Justices allow counting of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing elections officials to count mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania that lack a handwritten date but were received in time. At the time, former hedge fund CEO David McCormick was locked in a tight contest with celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination. McCormick wanted ballots lacking handwritten dates counted in his race too, but he has since conceded to Oz. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia had ruled that the state election law’s requirement of a date next to the voter’s signature on the outside of return envelopes was “immaterial” and no reason to throw out such ballots.

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Why Pennsylvania’s election results will take time to count
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why Pennsylvania’s election results will take time to count

Raw Story  

The country is unlikely to know who wins the battleground state of Pennsylvania on election night. Prior to 2020, local election officials never needed to count such a large number of ballots received through the mail, and news organizations could typically announce Pennsylvania’s unofficial winner quickly. Counting may also take less time because election officials have more experience counting the …

Pennsylvania's Electoral Battleground: Legal Surprises and Heated Campaigns as Election Looms
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania's Electoral Battleground: Legal Surprises and Heated Campaigns as Election Looms

Hindustan Times  

Pennsylvania is emerging as the jackpot in the hotly contested presidential race, drawing both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in frenzied campaigning on the eve of the election. A surge in legal cases from both sides seeking to gain any advantage in addition to their get-out-the-vote efforts has also made the state a hotbed of political activity.

Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Surge Shows Why It’s a Top Prize
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Surge Shows Why It’s a Top Prize

Live Mint  

Pennsylvania is emerging as the jackpot in the hotly contested presidential race, drawing both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in frenzied campaigning on the eve of the election, along with a surge in legal cases from both sides. Republicans appealed after Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled the state must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots are disqualified for …

Pennsylvania's Strict Voting Laws Put to the Test in Election Court Battle
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania's Strict Voting Laws Put to the Test in Election Court Battle

Hindustan Times  

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in the state's presidential election. The ruling is a victory for voting-rights advocates, who had sought to force counties to let voters cast a provisional ballot on Election Day if their mail-in ballot was to be rejected for …

Supreme Court turns away GOP plea to disqualify Pennsylvania voters who mailed ballots with errors
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court turns away GOP plea to disqualify Pennsylvania voters who mailed ballots with errors

LA Times  

Voters wait in line to make a corrections to their ballots in Philadelphia in 2022. The Supreme Court on Friday turned down an appeal from the Republican National Committee and refused to disqualify Pennsylvania voters who had sent in a mail ballot with an error on the envelope. By a 4-3 vote, the state justices ruled that voters who sent …

Republicans ask Pennsylvania court to put on hold decision on mail ballot envelope rules
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Republicans ask Pennsylvania court to put on hold decision on mail ballot envelope rules

LA Times  

Mail-in ballots are handled in a secure area at the elections warehouse in Pittsburgh in April. Republicans wasted no time in appealing a Pennsylvania court decision that would relax the rules for mail ballots, asking the state Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a lower court opinion issued one day earlier. The Commonwealth Court, in a 3-2 decision, said 69 …

Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to void thousands of ballots in PA – a week before the election
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to void thousands of ballots in PA – a week before the election

The Independent  

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RNC urges Supreme Court to block counting Pennsylvania mail ballots with errors
1 month, 3 weeks ago

RNC urges Supreme Court to block counting Pennsylvania mail ballots with errors

LA Times  

The Republican National Committee on Monday urged the Supreme Court to block Pennsylvania election officials from counting the votes of those who failed to follow the proper procedure when they first submitted a mail ballot. In an emergency appeal, the RNC lawyers said the justices should overturn a recent ruling by Pennsylvania’s state supreme court and forbid the counting of …

GOP challenges Pa. Supreme Court ruling on 'Naked Ballots' case ahead of election
1 month, 4 weeks ago

GOP challenges Pa. Supreme Court ruling on 'Naked Ballots' case ahead of election

Raw Story  

The Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania have asked the state’s highest court to delay a ruling that could affect thousands of voters next month while it asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal. The Republican groups argued in their petition that the state Supreme Court’s order affirming the lower court decision fundamentally alters the …

Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Receipt After Election Day
2 months ago

Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Receipt After Election Day

CNN  

A federal appeals court judges have ruled that Mississippi's post-election mail ballot receipt violates federal law. The ruling could impact legal challenges to late-arriving ballots in other states, which could make a difference in key races. The court's decision is only binding on the three Southern states covered by the circuit, and for now, the panel is not ordering that …

Appeals court sides with GOP on Miss. law that provides grace period for mail ballots
2 months ago

Appeals court sides with GOP on Miss. law that provides grace period for mail ballots

NPR  

Appeals court sides with GOP on Miss. In its ruling Friday, a panel of all Trump-appointed 5th Circuit judges reversed a lower court ruling and wrote that the acceptance of ballots ends on the “election day” designated by Congress. “Because Mississippi’s statute allows ballot receipt up to five days after the federal election day, it is preempted by federal law.” …

A New Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruling Could Tip the Entire Election
2 months ago

A New Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruling Could Tip the Entire Election

Slate  

This piece was originally published on State Court Report, a hub for reporting, analysis, and commentary about state courts and constitutions. With less than two weeks until Election Day and mail-in ballots already in circulation, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled citizens have a right to vote by provisional ballot if their mail-in ballot is disqualified for a failure to return it …

In a close election, here are three legal disputes that could reach the Supreme Court
2 months, 1 week ago

In a close election, here are three legal disputes that could reach the Supreme Court

LA Times  

In a nail-biter election Nov. 5, expect the losing side to challenge the results in court. Two weeks ago, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to rule on mail-ballot errors, leaving the state’s 67 counties to decide on how to proceed. A state appeals court agreed in August, holding that it violated the state Constitution to throw out ballots because of …

Nov. 5 election too close to decide mail-in ballot issues: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Nov. 5 election too close to decide mail-in ballot issues: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Raw Story  

In a pair of decisions published Saturday evening the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied requests to resolve questions about the commonwealth’s vote-by-mail law in the final few weeks before the Nov. 5 presidential election. The court also rejected a request by the Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania to stop county election officials from allowing voters to remedy …

Court takes 'naked ballots' case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting
3 months ago

Court takes 'naked ballots' case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting

Hindustan Times  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania's highest court on Friday said it will consider whether counties must accept provisional ballots cast on election day at polling places by voters whose mail-in ballots lacked secrecy envelopes or were rejected for other flaws. Court takes 'naked ballots' case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting It could determine the fate of thousands of votes that could otherwise …

Court takes ‘naked ballots’ case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting
3 months ago

Court takes ‘naked ballots’ case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s highest court on Friday said it will consider whether counties must accept provisional ballots cast on election day at polling places by voters whose mail-in ballots lacked secrecy envelopes or were rejected for other flaws. The Supreme Court took up the appeal from a Commonwealth Court …

Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules
3 months, 1 week ago

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

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania voters could have their mail-in ballots thrown out if they do not write accurate dates on envelopes they use to return them under a state Supreme Court ruling issued Friday that could impact the presidential race. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley in a release called it a major victory for election integrity “that will protect …

Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules
3 months, 1 week ago

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

CNN  

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania AP — Pennsylvania voters could have their mail-in ballots thrown out if they do not write accurate dates on envelopes they use to return them under a state Supreme Court ruling issued Friday that could impact the presidential race. The Supreme Court’s reversal of that decision raises the prospect that thousands of ballots that arrive in time might …

Court stops Pennsylvania counties from throwing out mail-in votes over incorrect envelope dates
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Court stops Pennsylvania counties from throwing out mail-in votes over incorrect envelope dates

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state court Friday halted enforcement of a requirement that voters include accurate, handwritten dates on envelopes used to submit mail-in ballots, a ruling likely to keep several thousand Pennsylvania votes from being thrown out in the November election. “The refusal to count undated or incorrectly dated but timely mail ballots submitted by otherwise eligible voters because …

Pennsylvania county broke law by refusing to tell voters if it rejected their ballot, judge says
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Pennsylvania county broke law by refusing to tell voters if it rejected their ballot, judge says

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Republican-controlled county in Pennsylvania violated state law when election workers refused to tell voters that their mail-in ballot had been rejected and wouldn’t be counted in last April’s primary election, a judge ruled. As a result, voters in Washington County were unable to exercise their legal right either to challenge the decision of the county elections …

Pennsylvania’s long-running dispute over dates on mail-in voting ballots is back in the courts
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania’s long-running dispute over dates on mail-in voting ballots is back in the courts

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A technical requirement that Pennsylvania voters write accurate dates on the exterior envelope of mail-in ballots was again the subject of a court proceeding on Thursday as advocates argued the mandate unfairly leads to otherwise valid votes being thrown out. They argued that enforcing the date requirement infringes upon voting rights and that none of the prior …

US judge dismisses Republican challenge over counting of post-Election Day mail ballots in Nevada
5 months, 1 week ago

US judge dismisses Republican challenge over counting of post-Election Day mail ballots in Nevada

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by national and state Republicans that sought to bar Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day. A state law passed by Democrats in 2021 allows election officials to tally ballots received by 5 p.m. on the fourth day after Election Day, as long as the envelopes …

Lawsuit says Pennsylvania county deliberately hid decisions to invalidate some mail-in ballots
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Lawsuit says Pennsylvania county deliberately hid decisions to invalidate some mail-in ballots

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania county’s elected commissioners were sued Monday over a policy adopted for this year’s primary in which people whose mail-in ballots were disqualified for technical violations say they were purposely not informed in time to fix errors. Seven disqualified primary voters, the local NAACP branch and the Center for Coalfield Justice sued Washington County’s election …

New court challenge filed in Pennsylvania to prevent some mail-in ballots from getting thrown out
6 months, 3 weeks ago

New court challenge filed in Pennsylvania to prevent some mail-in ballots from getting thrown out

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new lawsuit filed Tuesday by a constellation of left-leaning groups in Pennsylvania is trying to prevent thousands of mail-in ballots from being thrown out in November’s election in a battleground state that is expected to play a critical role in selecting a new president. The lawsuit, filed in a state court, is the latest of perhaps …

Trump and Republicans file suit to nullify Nevada ballots mailed on Election Day
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump and Republicans file suit to nullify Nevada ballots mailed on Election Day

Raw Story  

The Trump campaign and its Republican allies on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging Nevada’s ballot receipt deadline. Nevada law allows for mail ballots postmarked on Election Day to be accepted and counted if they are received by county election officials within four days. Plaintiffs in the new lawsuit argue that practice violates federal law and as a result “valid, timely …

Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The Republican National Committee on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day, as the state’s law currently permits. The law, passed by Democrats in 2021, permits the tallying of mail ballots received up to four days after Election Day, provided the envelopes are postmarked before the end …

Pennsylvania redesigned its mail-in ballot envelopes amid litigation. Some voters still tripped up
8 months ago

Pennsylvania redesigned its mail-in ballot envelopes amid litigation. Some voters still tripped up

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. HARRISBURG, Pa. — A form Pennsylvania voters must complete on the outside of mail-in ballot return envelopes has been redesigned, but that did not prevent some voters from failing to complete it accurately for this week’s primary, and some votes will not count as a result, election officials said. The …

Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots does not run afoul of a civil rights law, a federal appeals court panel said Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling. In the court’s opinion, Judge Thomas Ambro said the section of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that the …

Civil rights groups appeal court ruling on 'undated' Pennsylvania ballots
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Civil rights groups appeal court ruling on 'undated' Pennsylvania ballots

NPR  

Civil rights groups appeal court ruling on 'undated' Pennsylvania ballots Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt Slocum/AP Matt Slocum/AP Civil rights groups, Pennsylvania's top election official and some local boards of elections are asking a federal appeals court to review a panel's ruling about mail-in ballots that could play a role in determining who wins this year's presidential election and …

US appeals court to decide if Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with wrong date still count
10 months ago

US appeals court to decide if Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with wrong date still count

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court must decide if Pennsylvania voters need to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots for the votes to count, a dispute with implications for this year’s presidential contest. Ari Savitzky, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union representing several voter groups, told the court that more than 10,000 …

'Thousands of mail ballots not counted': PA fixing issue that disenfranchised 17K voters
1 year ago

'Thousands of mail ballots not counted': PA fixing issue that disenfranchised 17K voters

Raw Story  

Pennsylvania played a key role in deciding the last two presidential elections, and appears poised to be similarly decisive in the 2024 race. According to WPSU, Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro is now working in conjunction with Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt to fix issues with Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot system that can be confusing for some voters. Currently, commonwealth law …

Federal judge says Pennsylvania mail-in ballots should still count if dated incorrectly
1 year, 1 month ago

Federal judge says Pennsylvania mail-in ballots should still count if dated incorrectly

Associated Press  

Mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania without accurate handwritten dates on their exterior envelopes must still be counted if they are received in time, a judge ruled Tuesday, concluding that rejecting such ballots violates federal civil rights law. Josh Shapiro, which oversees elections statewide, said in a statement that it is reviewing the court’s decision, “but we are pleased with the result.” …

Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law is upheld again, as court rules against Republican challenge
1 year, 5 months ago

Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law is upheld again, as court rules against Republican challenge

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania state court on Tuesday rejected the latest Republican effort to throw out the presidential battleground state’s broad mail-in voting law that has become a GOP target following former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud. It is the latest of several refusals by a state court to invalidate Pennsylvania’s 2019 mail-in voting law, enacted …

Majority of 16k canceled Pa. mail-in ballots were from Dems
1 year, 11 months ago

Majority of 16k canceled Pa. mail-in ballots were from Dems

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — New data from Pennsylvania’s elections agency shows an early November state court decision that barred mail-in ballots without accurate handwritten dates on their exterior envelopes resulted in otherwise valid votes being thrown out. “There is no similar automatic notification system for voters who do not provide an email address when applying for a mail ballot.” Pennsylvania Democrats …

Suit seeks to have mail-in votes lacking dates counted
2 years, 1 month ago

Suit seeks to have mail-in votes lacking dates counted

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Several Pennsylvania groups represented by the American Civil Liberties Union have filed suit in federal court seeking to have votes from mail-in or absentee ballots counted even if they lack proper dates on their return envelopes. The suit filed Friday night in western Pennsylvania by state chapters of the NAACP, League of Women Voters, and Common Cause …

Pennsylvania court: Ballots in undated envelopes won’t count
2 years, 1 month ago

Pennsylvania court: Ballots in undated envelopes won’t count

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania officials cannot count votes from mail-in or absentee ballots that lack accurate, handwritten dates on their return envelopes, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday, a week before tabulation will begin in races for governor, the U.S. Senate and the state Legislature. State and national Republican Party organizations and several GOP voters sought immediate review by …

Justices to sort out if mail-in ballot envelopes need dates
2 years, 1 month ago

Justices to sort out if mail-in ballot envelopes need dates

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Senior Pennsylvania elections officials argued in a new court filing Tuesday that handwritten dates on the envelopes that many state voters use to mail in ballots should not be deemed mandatory, in part because of a half-century-old legislative ruling deemphasizing their importance. The filing, made under a compressed schedule laid out just four days earlier by the …

GOP asks Pa. Supreme Court to take immediate action to enforce ballot dating requirement
2 years, 2 months ago

GOP asks Pa. Supreme Court to take immediate action to enforce ballot dating requirement

Raw Story  

A group of Pennsylvania voters, backed by state and national Republican groups, have asked the state Supreme Court to declare that undated or incorrectly dated mail-in ballots cannot be counted in the Nov. 8 election. And it’s been a week since the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a federal appeals court ruling that undated ballots must be counted. The latest …

GOP goes to court again over Pennsylvania mail-in ballots
2 years, 2 months ago

GOP goes to court again over Pennsylvania mail-in ballots

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The state and national Republican parties are suing anew in Pennsylvania in an effort to block some mail-in ballots — those lacking the voter’s handwritten date on the return envelope — from being counted in November, when voters will elect a new governor and U.S. senator. In an email to county officials, a top state elections official …

3 Pennsylvania counties ordered to count mail-in votes
2 years, 4 months ago

3 Pennsylvania counties ordered to count mail-in votes

Associated Press  

A Pennsylvania judge has ordered three Republican-controlled counties to add about 800 contested mail-in ballots to the results of the May election, ruling in a legal dispute that stalled statewide certification of the primary results for governor and U.S. Senate. Berks, Fayette and Lancaster counties were ordered to count the undated mail-in ballots, and the judge gave the counties a …

Judge vows to move quickly on dispute over mail-in votes
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge vows to move quickly on dispute over mail-in votes

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The judge in a case brought by Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration against three counties that aren’t reporting mail-in ballots lacking handwritten dates on their return envelopes told lawyers Friday she will rule as quickly as possible. Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer presided over an online conference in the litigation brought by the Department of State under …

Justices uphold Pennsylvania’s 2019 mail-in voting expansion
2 years, 4 months ago

Justices uphold Pennsylvania’s 2019 mail-in voting expansion

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A wide expansion of mail-in voting in Pennsylvania survived a legal challenge on Tuesday before the state Supreme Court in a case brought by some of the same Republican state representatives who voted for the legislation nearly three years ago. “We find no restriction in our Constitution on the General Assembly’s ability to create universal mail-in voting,” …

Judge to rule on hundreds of ballots in limbo since primary
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge to rule on hundreds of ballots in limbo since primary

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge was urged by state lawyers Thursday to order three counties to add some 800 mail-in ballots to their May primary election results, but the local election officials insisted their decisions are firmly rooted in unambiguous state law. The acting secretary of state, Leigh Chapman, sued the three counties after they declined to follow her …

Pennsylvania sues 3 counties over counting mail-in ballots
2 years, 5 months ago

Pennsylvania sues 3 counties over counting mail-in ballots

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s elections agency sued three Republican-controlled county governments on Tuesday, seeking to force their election boards to report primary results that include ballots with undated exterior envelopes — the subject of several other lawsuits. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled May 20 that mail-in ballots without a required date on the return envelope must be allowed in a …

Supreme Court order could affect Pennsylvania Senate count
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court order could affect Pennsylvania Senate count

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the counting of some mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, an order that could affect the tight Republican Senate primary between former hedge fund CEO David McCormick and celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz. As McCormick scrounges for ballots to make up the gap with Oz, Alito’s order could freeze McCormick’s …

Court battles go down to count deadline in Pa. Senate race
2 years, 7 months ago

Court battles go down to count deadline in Pa. Senate race

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick went to Pennsylvania’s highest court Tuesday in an eleventh-hour bid to help him close the gap in votes with celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for U.S. Senate. In a statement, the Republican National Committee’s chief counsel, Matt Raymer, said “election laws are meant to …

McCormick sues over counting mail ballots in Pa. Senate race
2 years, 7 months ago

McCormick sues over counting mail ballots in Pa. Senate race

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The campaign of David McCormick, who is in a neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for the U.S. Senate against celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, sued in a Pennsylvania court Monday to try to ensure counties obey a brand-new federal appeals court decision that could help him make up ground. McCormick’s lawsuit, filed after hours, asks the state’s …

Court rules on mail ballots as Senate race votes are counted
2 years, 7 months ago

Court rules on mail ballots as Senate race votes are counted

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal court ruled Friday that mail-in ballots without a required date on the return envelope must be allowed in a 2021 Pennsylvania county judge race, a decision that could complicate the ongoing process of vote counting in the state’s neck-and-neck U.S. Senate Republican primary. The three-judge panel’s judgment said the state election law’s requirement of a …

Justices ponder bid to throw out no-excuse mail-in balloting
2 years, 9 months ago

Justices ponder bid to throw out no-excuse mail-in balloting

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices considered Tuesday whether to throw out a state law that greatly expanded mail-in balloting, holding oral argument in litigation brought in part by some of the Republican state representatives who voted overwhelmingly for it about two years ago. Michael Dimino, a Widener Law School professor representing Doug McLinko, a Bradford County commissioner who …

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