Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA: Voting Groups Challenge Mail Ballot Dating Rule in PA Court
Carter Walker of Votebeat reports for Spotlight PA on why a state challenge to Pa.’s mail ballot dating rule may succeed even though a federal one failed:
Voting rights groups are trying again to invalidate Pennsylvania’s requirement that voters write a date on their mail ballot return envelope, following a recent defeat in federal court.
The ACLU of Pennsylvania and the Public Interest Law Center filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth Court on Tuesday against Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt, this time arguing that the Election Code’s requirement that voters write the date on their ballot envelopes violates the state constitution’s clause on free and equal elections.
The suit marks a new front in the long-running effort by voting rights groups to invalidate the date requirement, which they argue needlessly disenfranchises too many voters each cycle.