ACLU Files Election Integrity Complaint Over Pennsylvania County’s Mail-in Voting Policy

A Washington County election policy change caused 259 voters to be disenfranchised in the 2024 primary election, the complaint alleges.

An election volunteer prepares mail-in ballots for scanning at the Lancaster County Government Center in Lancaster, Pa., on April 23, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A new legal case in Pennsylvania may revive the debate over the rules surrounding voters’ signatures on the envelopes of mail-in ballots.

In Pennsylvania, voters casting mail-in ballots place their marked ballot in an envelope, which they are required by law to sign and date. That envelope is then placed in a second exterior envelope, also called a “secrecy” envelope, for mailing.