April 1, 2025 at 09:39 EDTDaily Item
A federal judge says enforcing the requirement that Pennsylvania mail-in ballots include an accurate exterior envelope date violates the federal Constitution. Judge Susan Paradise Baxter ruled Monday that election boards in Pennsylvania’s 67 counties can't invalidate mail-in ballots simply because they lack accurate, handwritten dates on their exterior return envelopes. It's the latest in a long-running legal dispute over what is a small percentage of votes cast in the state. Baxter says there's no compelling state interest that outweighs invalidating thousands of ballots. The envelope dates aren't used to check whether votes are received on time.
