US Appeals Court Won’t Reconsider Ruling on Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballots

Considered a win for the GOP, the order sustained a previous ruling issued in March that upheld the state’s envelope signature requirement.

Mail-in ballots are counted in Lehigh County, Pa., on Nov. 4, 2020. Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters

A U.S. appeals court that upheld Pennsylvania’s mandate that voters write the date on mail-in ballots declined a new request from liberal groups to rescind the decision.

In March, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Pennsylvania’s requirement that dates be placed on mail-in ballots doesn’t violate a portion of the Civil Rights Act.