Court in PA Orders Officials to Not Count ‘Undated’ Election Ballots

Pennsylvania’s highest court ordered state election officials on Tuesday to not count mail ballots with dates omitted or that were incorrectly dated by voters — the latest development in a long and twisting legal battle over how ballots are tallied in the state.

The state Supreme Court deadlocked 3-3 on whether not counting those ballots violated federal law, issuing a brief order Tuesday that said Pennsylvania election officials should not count those ballots and should keep them segregated from other ballots.

The case — which was brought by the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, the state Republican Party and individual voters — will likely result in more Democratic-leaning voters being tossed out, since Democrats disproportionately vote via the mail. Pennsylvania is hosting a key governor’s race and one of the most important Senate races in the country this fall, between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz.

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