BREAKING: PA Supreme Court rules election officials are PROHIBITED from rejecting mail-in ballots...

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Jonathan Lai
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Oct 5, 2020
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They dropped that after the PA Department of State issued guidance that county elections offices should not reject ballots “based solely on signature analysis by the county board of elections”.

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Here’s last Friday’s guidance, which says ballots with blank (unsigned) envelopes should be set aside, not counted; “sufficient” signed ones counted unless specifically challenged; no rejecting ballots “based solely on signature analysis by the county board of elections”.
Screenshot of guidance from the Pennsylvania Department of State describing the background on whether and how to count ballots.
Screenshot of guidance from the Pennsylvania Department of State describing how county elections officials should track the date ballots are received, how they were returned, and their ballot status.
Screenshot of guidance from the Pennsylvania Department of State describing how to handle signatures on ballot envelopes: Do not count ballots arriving in unsigned envelopes, count sufficiently signed ballots unless challenged, and do not reject ballots "based solely on signature analysis by the county board of elections."

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New: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is using its King’s Bench power to take up the question of whether state law requires or allows counties to reject ballots based on signature analysis and perceived mismatches.
Screenshot of Pennsylvania Supreme Court order granting the application for King's Bench relief, limited to the following question: "Whether the Election Code authorizes or requires county election boards to reject voted absentee or mail-in ballots during pre-canvassing and canvassing based on signature analysis where there are alleged or perceived signature variances?"
Screenshot of order from Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Justice Dougherty files a concurring statement, Justice Baer files a dissenting statement, and Chief Justice Saylor and Justice Mundy dissent.
11:00 AM · Oct 14, 2020