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Commonwealth Court says rejecting mail-in ballots without a date violates the Pa. Constitution

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Timber Rattler:
https://penncapital-star.com/campaigns-elections/commonwealth-court-rules-rejecting-mail-in-ballots-without-a-date-violates-the-pa-constitution/


--- Quote ---State and county election officials violated the Pennsylvania Constitution by refusing to count mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect dates, a Commonwealth Court panel ruled Friday.

In a 4-1 majority decision in favor of eight nonpartisan voting rights groups, the panel found that the requirement for mail-in ballots to have a handwritten date on the outer envelope serves no compelling governmental purpose.

Guidance by Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt, following earlier court rulings upholding the requirement, that instructed county boards of elections not to count ballots without a date is a violation of voters’ rights, the majority said.

“Simply put, the refusal to count undated or incorrectly dated but timely received mail ballots submitted by otherwise eligible voters because of meaningless and inconsequential paperwork errors violates the fundamental right to vote recognized in and guaranteed by the free and equal elections clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution,” Judge Ellen Ceisler wrote for the majority.

The decision can be appealed to the state Supreme Court.
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EXCERPT

The fix is in for Pennsylvania...try using "meaningless and inconsequential paperwork errors" as an excuse at a local PennDOT DMV or tax office.

Smokin Joe:
Well, that's nice. Next time my tax returns are postmarked April 17th or 20th, maybe the IRS won't count it against me.

 :silly:

Hoodat:
Glaringly absent from this ruling is any explanation of how the Pennsylvania Constitution was violated.  They do refer to Article I, Section 5.  Yet their very ruling violated this section in that they themselves are interfering with the right of suffrage by allowing votes in violation of Commonwealth election laws to count as equal to those cast legally, thus superseding the authority of the Commonwealth legislature and cancelling out the free suffrage of those who vote legally.

Cyber Liberty:

--- Quote from: Timber Rattler on August 31, 2024, 11:32:16 am ---https://penncapital-star.com/campaigns-elections/commonwealth-court-rules-rejecting-mail-in-ballots-without-a-date-violates-the-pa-constitution/

EXCERPT

The fix is in for Pennsylvania...try using "meaningless and inconsequential paperwork errors" as an excuse at a local PennDOT DMV or tax office.

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Yup.

240B:
More far-Left activism from our esteemed 'courts'.

Why are dead people forbidden from voting?
Why are foreigners forbidden from voting?
Why is Mexico not included in the American election?

All of this is unconstitutional! You are depriving minority voting rights!

(everyone sees what they are doing ... not so slick as they think)

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