Pennsylvania Supreme Court Denies GOP Request to Throw Out Ruling Requiring Questionable Ballots to Be Accepted

County officials perform a ballot recount in West Chester, Pa., on June 2, 2022. Mark Makela/Getty Images

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has quietly dismissed Republicans’ application to overturn a lower state court’s order requiring that absentee and mail-in-ballots that lack a date handwritten by the voter be counted.

Pennsylvania was a hotbed of election-related litigation during the 2020 presidential election. Although former President Donald Trump won the state in 2016, President Joe Biden won it in 2020, according to official results.