reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cThe ruling overturns a decision from a Commonwealth Court finding that the state law requiring a handwritten date was unconstitutional. The\u00a0Pennsylvania GOP\u00a0appealed that ruling to the state supreme court, and now undated mail-in ballots will not be counted in the upcoming election,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n
In the decision on Friday Justice Kevin Dougherty blistered the Commonwealth Court that took it upon itself to allow the ballots.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018This Court will neither impose nor countenance substantial alterations to existing laws and procedures during the pendency of an ongoing election.\u2019 We said those carefully chosen words only weeks ago. Yet they apparently were not heard in the Commonwealth Court, the very court where the bulk of election litigation unfolds,\u201d he said in the decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s order, which I join, rights the ship. And it sends a loud message to all courts in this Commonwealth: in declaring we would not countenance substantial alterations to existing laws and procedures during the pendency of an ongoing election, we said what we meant and meant what we said,\u201d the Justice said.<\/p>\n
Republicans in the state celebrated the decision as the court has sent a loud message that courts in the state cannot change the laws that exist during an election.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the law, and the dated ballot requirement will be in effect for this election. Democrats have repeatedly tried to eliminate this important ballot safeguard, and we have stopped them each time,\u201d Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley said of the decision. \u201cWe are committed to protecting critical ballot safeguards to ensure every ballot is cast and counted properly and will continue to fight across Pennsylvania to Protect the Vote.\u201d<\/p>\n
The state officials who wanted to count the undated ballots said that it would make the jobs of election workers simpler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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