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Honest Elections project exec: Supreme Court’s ‘very broad’ ruling opens the door for counting of undated mail ballots
Saturday’s state Supreme Court follow-up ruling on undated ballots leaves an opening for some ballots to be counted, even though the court had ruled less than a week before that the ballots must be set aside and not counted, says Jason Snead, executive director of the Honest Elections Project.
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Elections lawyer: PA Supreme Court ruling allowing no-excuse mail ballots 'outcome-based opinion'
The lawyer who argued successfully before Commonwealth Court that Act 77, the state’s 2019 no-excuse mail ballot law, was unconstitutional said that the state Supreme Court’s recent decision to reverse the lower court's ruling was an “outcome-based opinion.”
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Zimolong: Supreme Court should consider federal court decision on mail ballots in Act 77 ruling
An elections attorney who was successful arguing before Commonwealth Court for the unconstitutionality of no-excuse mail ballots permitted under Act 77 of 2019 is urging the state Supreme Court to consider a separate, federal ruling before it rules on the Act 77 case on appeal.
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Attorney Zimolong: 'The Constitution is clear about in-person voting'
The lawyer who successfully argued in court against Act 77, the 2019 law that allowed no-excuse mail ballots, is hoping for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s final ruling on the law before primary mail ballots are sent out to voters.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court allows state's mail ballot law to remain in place
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state’s “no excuse” mail-in voting law would remain in place as it weighs a Jan. 28 Commonwealth Court ruling that overturned the 2-year-old law, Act 77, and ordered it to expire in two weeks.
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Proposed federal law will override Pennsylvania election statutes
A newly released report by Pennsylvania state House Republicans outlining proposed reforms to what state Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) called the state’s “God awful election laws” is up against, H.R. 1, federal election law changes approved by the U.S. House in January.