PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania counties can notify voters who submit mail ballots with mistakes such as missing dates or signatures and help those voters resolve the issues, a state judge ruled Thursday.
The decision was a loss, at least temporarily, for Republicans who have tried in recent years to stop local elections officials from helping voters fix errors with their ballots, arguing that state law hasn’t been updated to allow it.
“Such sweeping relief against the 67 County Boards would clearly cause greater injury than refusing the injunction, precisely because it would seriously harm the public interest and orderly administration of the 2022 General Election, which is already well underway,” Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Ellen Ceisler wrote in her ruling.
