By 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)
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