The US Supreme Court Tuesday issued an order temporarily blocking the counting of some Pennsylvania mail-in ballots that do not have a handwritten date on their declaration forms. This US Supreme Cour.
The U.S. Supreme Court intervened Tuesday in the ongoing fight over 257 uncounted ballots in Lehigh County's 2021 judicial race. The order halting the count of those ballots could affect the outcome of state and local races in the 2022 primary.
Mail-in ballots that arrived on time but in envelopes missing dates handwritten by voters have been a flashpoint in recent elections in the key swing state, including a close Republican primary race.
Mail-in ballots that are not dated must be counted, a federal appeals court said in an opinion that says this is exactly the type of disenfranchisement that Congress sought to prevent.