In its 4-3 decision, the state Supreme Court found the Elections Code requires county elections officials to count ...

The Supreme Court passed up the chance to weigh in how much leeway state courts have to interpret federal election rules.

Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting. Sign up for Votebeat’s free newsletters here. When Marryka Beck didn’t receive her mail ballot as expected ...

They give election officials a chance to verify the ballot should be counted before they’re added to the tally. But in Pennsylvania ... require voters to date and sign the envelope; failing ...

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The requirement at issue affects voters in Pennsylvania who cast ballots by mail. It mandates that they place their secret ballot into an outer return envelope, on which they must sign and date a ...

The lawsuit also argued that because voters who wished to cast a provisional ballot must first sign ... Pennsylvania reiterated a previous ruling that ballots with missing or inaccurate dates ...

The provision, which requires a voter to sign and date their ballot's outer return envelope, has drawn a tangle of lawsuits since Pennsylvania started allowing no-excuse voting by mail in 2020.

King sealed her ballot ... valid Pennsylvania ballots thrown out over a missing or wrong date on the outer envelope. They point to state law that says a voter “shall” sign and date the envelope.

“Pennsylvania law requires voters to sign and date mail ballots — that is an important election integrity safeguard.” Lawyers for the two Philadelphia voters who sued to have their ballots ...

“Pennsylvania law requires voters to sign and date mail ballots — that is an important election integrity safeguard.” Lawyers for the two Philadelphia voters who sued to have their ballots ...