Last-Minute Supreme Court Decisions Temporarily Settle Pennsylvania’s Embattled Election Rules
SCOTUS left in place a ruling that allows 'naked' ballot 'do-overs,' and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court blocked a decision that would let improperly dated ballots count.
In a split decision Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted voters who improperly cast a “naked” mail-in ballot permission to cast a provisional ballot at their polling place. Three of the seven justices offered dissenting opinions. To preserve privacy, mail-in ballots are returned in two envelopes: an inner, secrecy envelope, and the outer mailing envelope. […]
'Dilution of honest votes ... by the casting of fraudulent or illegitimate votes violates the right to vote,' the dismissed suit had argued.
The plaintiff in the case is asking the judge to hit the Wisconsin Elections Commission with sanctions for defying the injunction.
The court found that the state constitution 'calls for a signature comparison without making any presumption for or against validity.'
'There is no trail for requesting a ballot. … This would make the mail-in delivery system untraceable,' Rep. Brandtjen warned.
The litigation is the latest in a long line of complaints against a dysfunctional elections commission and its embattled administrator.
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