PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected a request that it reconsider its definition of what’s considered an “incorrectly dated” mail ballot.
That means the definition the court ordered Saturday stands: Mail-in ballots are to be rejected in this election if the handwritten dates fall before Sept. 19, 2022, or after Nov. 8 (Election Day), and absentee ballots are to be rejected if they are dated before Aug. 30, 2022, or after Nov. 8.
Blair County’s elections board had asked the court to tailor its definition to each individual ballot, rather than have a blanket range of acceptable dates. Otherwise, the county said, the court’s current definition allows ballots to be counted even if the written dates are before the ballots were ever sent to voters or after they were returned.
