Is Your Name on the List? Election Officials Name Over 1,000 Voters Whose Ballots Won’t Be Counted

In the tight and tense Senate contest being waged in Pennsylvania between Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz and Democrat John Fetterman, a new wrinkle has emerged that has local governments warning some mail-in voters that their ballots may not be counted.

As noted by NPR, federal law assumes voters are not perfect and bans throwing out a ballot for what might be called a trivial reason. Pennsylvania state law, however, requires voters to specifically date and sign a mail-in ballot.

In response to a lawsuit by the Republican National Committee that said a strict interpretation of the law should prevail, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court deadlocked last week on whether the lack of a date is a significant enough violation to throw out the ballots. (see pdf below)