Don't count undated mail ballots, Wolf administration tells Pa. counties in siding with GOP

Don’t count undated mail ballots, Wolf administration tells Pa. counties in siding with GOP
Jonathan Lai, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Workers count Philadelphia mail ballots for the May 18 primary election.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration told counties Tuesday that mail ballots must be signed and dated to count, stepping into a legal and political fight that led top Republican lawmakers to threaten Philadelphia elections officials with impeachment last week.
That effectively sided Wolf, a Democrat, with Republicans in an escalating confrontation that could further inflame partisan rancor in Harrisburg as Republicans seek changes to state election law and prepare to negotiate a new congressional district map with Wolf. And it raised the stakes as city elections officials were set to meet Tuesday afternoon to officially announce the results/ vote count from the May 18 primary.

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