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Pennsylvania must count undated mail-in ballots, US appeals court rules
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court ruled Pennsylvania must count ballots missing or with incorrect envelope dates, impacting thousands previously discarded and affirming voting rights.
- A federal appeals court ruled that a Pennsylvania law requiring the disqualification of mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect dates on the return envelope is unconstitutional.
- The court sided with Democratic-affiliated groups and a teachers union, stating the law improperly burdened the constitutional right to vote.
- The decision could be overturned if the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the issue, which has been heavily litigated between Democrats seeking to remove the requirement and Republicans defending it.
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Federal court says Pennsylvania can no longer throw out some mail-in ballots
A new milestone has been reached in a years-long fight over mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s ruling, saying that the state can no longer throw out some of these ballots. The legal fight between Democrats and Republicans, as well as affiliated groups, centers on a requirement to handwrite the return date on mail-in ballot envelopes. While the ballots themselves in these ca…
Appeals Court: Pa. mail-in ballots with misdated envelopes cannot be thrown out
A person drops off a mail-in ballot on October 15, 2024 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Registered voters in Pennsylvania can vote “On Demand” by requesting, a mail-in or absentee ballot filing it out and dropping it off all in one visit to their county election office or other designated location. (Photo by Hannah Beier/Getty Images) OAN... The post Appeals Court: Pa. mail-in ballots with misdated envelopes cannot be thrown out appeared first on D…
Court rules misdated ballots can't be tossed
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that it is unconstitutional for the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania to throw out mail-in ballots simply because the voter didn't write an accurate date on the return envelope.
Pa. can't throw out mail-in ballots with incorrect dates on envelopes, federal court rules
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Pennsylvania can't toss out mail-in ballots that contain inaccurate dates on their return envelopes, which has led to thousands of disqualified votes in past elections.
What? Court rules throwing out mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect dates violates Constitution
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News August 26, 2025 The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that Pennsylvania’s requirement that mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect dates be thrown out as invalid violates the U.S. Constitution, Bloomberg Law reported, “Weighing the burden that practice imposes on Pennsylvanians’ constitutional right to vote against […]
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