For those worried about the PA Supreme Court’s ruling on undated ballots, it may be of some relief to you that this year’s ballot envelope is VERY unambiguous. While I personally find the ruling utterly preposterous I’d also say that the ballot itself is competently designed to compensate for it.Submitted by Trapezoidoid t3_ykckns in Pennsylvania
AladdinDaCamel t1_iuw4d5c wrote
Reply to comment by IrrumaboMalum in For those worried about the PA Supreme Court’s ruling on undated ballots, it may be of some relief to you that this year’s ballot envelope is VERY unambiguous. While I personally find the ruling utterly preposterous I’d also say that the ballot itself is competently designed to compensate for it. by Trapezoidoid
I agree with you in principle - we should change the law.
But the problem is federal law actually says only things that are “material” to the ballot should matter in whether you toss out the ballot or not.
The debate is whether the date is “material” to your vote. I, and I imagine most others, would argue that it’s not. It is immaterial.
Many civil rights lawyers would interpret this to mean that it is actually illegal to not count the ballot if the date is messed up.
And I imagine that’s the way the PA Supreme Court would have ruled if not for the recent death of one of their justices.
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