The court unanimously agreed to set aside mail-in ballots that were not dated or were dated erroneously. Mail-in voters in Pennsylvania are required by law to date and sign a declaration on the outer envelope. Despite this rule, undated or erroneously dated votes that are returned on time can be considered.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, on the other hand, directed election officials to “segregate and retain” any inaccurate or undated mail-in votes.
“The Pennsylvania county boards of elections are hereby ORDERED to stop counting all absentee and mail-in votes submitted in undated or improperly dated outer envelopes for the Nov. 8, 2022, general election,” the court stated.
“We now DIRECT that any ballots included in undated or erroneously dated outer envelopes be segregated and preserved by the Pennsylvania county boards of elections,” the court stated.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled against Democrat Governor Tom Wolf’s team, which recently directed county election officials to count mail-in votes that had not been properly dated.
The ruling follows a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee against interim Pennsylvania State Secretary Leigh Chapman as well as other state officials.
Ronna McDaniel, leader of the Republican National Committee, termed the decision a “huge triumph.”
