Lawsuits filed after Supreme Court says mail-in ballots without dates will not count
Pennsylvania currently requires voters who mail in a ballot to sign and date the outer envelope. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that any mail-in ballot with an incorrect date or no date written at all on the return envelope would not be counted.
Friday night, several groups in the state, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, filed suit in federal court. Their goal is to have these votes count, even if they do not have the proper dates written.
Their argument is that votes should not be disqualified over what they call a trivial paperwork error, saying these ballots are otherwise valid.
The City-County Building is still taking mail-in ballots this weekend.
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