Pa. Supreme Court forbids counting mail-in ballots with date errors

The ruling was directed at Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties.

By RYAN DETO and PAULA REED WARD TribLive

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Monday that mail-in ballots in the Nov. 5 election that lacked handwritten dates or were improperly dated on their outer envelopes as required under state law cannot be counted.

The ruling comes as several counties have been tallying those votes.

In a four-page order, the court said all of the state’s 67 counties must follow its prior rulings, and t...

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