Election Law

The case for keeping Pennsylvania’s mail ballot date requirement Paul Calem August 5, 2025 August 4, 2025

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For nearly three years, going back to the November 2022 election, individuals and groups affiliated with the Democratic Party have been waging battles in federal and state courts to nullify a requirement in Pennsylvania law that applies to voting by mail. The rule in question states that the mail ballot must be both signed and dated by the voter; undated or misdated mail-in ballots “shall not be counted.”

The federal case has been taken up by the Third District Court of Appeals , following a March 31, 2025 decision by Judge Susan Baxter of the Western District of Pennsylvania that si

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