Legal Battle in Pennsylvania over Undated Mail-in Ballots
Even before the polls opened on Election Day, a potentially significant legal battle erupted in Pennsylvania over whether to count mail-in ballots with an incorrect or missing date on the outside envelope.
On Nov. 7, the campaign of Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman filed a federal lawsuit against county boards of election across the state, arguing that dates on the outside of mail-in ballot envelopes are a “needless technical requirement” and should not prevent the votes from being counted.
Although the law that expanded mail-in voting in Pennsylvania requires mail-in voters to sign and date the ballot’s outer envelope, Fetterman’s suit elections officials from tossing votes due to
