Officials Can’t Reject Mail-In Ballots With Incorrect Dates: Pennsylvania Court

Tom King, who represents the state and national Republican Party groups in the case, said he will appeal the decision.

A man photographs himself depositing his ballot in an official ballot drop box at Philadelphia City Hall on Oct. 27, 2020. Mark Makela/Getty Images

Election officials cannot reject mail-in ballots with incorrect dates or no dates, as long as the ballots were submitted before the filing deadline, a Pennsylvania court has ruled.

A panel of the Commonwealth Court, a state appeals court, ruled on Aug. 30 that the requirement in the law for mail-in ballot envelopes to have dates written on them violates the Pennsylvania Constitution.