« 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/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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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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