PA Court: Counties Must Alert Voters of Mail Ballot Errors

Pa. Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballot reporting called ‘a win’ for voters

The decision upholds lower court rulings in the case.

PA court: Counties must alert voters of mail ballot errors

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Counties Must Notify Voters if Their Mail Ballot Was Rejected, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules - Bucks County Beacon

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Voters must be notified if election officials are going to reject their mail ballots because of an error such as an incorrect date or missing signature on the return envelope, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Friday. In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that Washington County erred in not notifying 2024 pre…

Election officials must notify voters if mail-in ballots are set aside, state high court rules

County election officials are required to accurately report when voters’ mail-in ballots have been set aside because of disqualifying errors and allow their votes to be counted on provisional ballots, Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled.