Pennsylvania Supreme Court Will Decide Case On Validity of Postal Ballots with Missing or Incorrect Dates

On January 17, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to hear Baxter v Philadelphia Board of Elections, 395 EAL 2024. This is the case over the validity of the law that says postal ballots are invalid if the voter either forgets to include the date on the outer envelope, or puts an incorrect date. The lower court had invalidated the law on the basis of the State Constitution’s provision that elections shall be “free and equal.”

No other state invalidates postal ballots for that reason. Generally states don’t even ask for a date on the outer envelope.


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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Will Decide Case On Validity of Postal Ballots with Missing or Incorrect Dates — 8 Comments

  1. FREE AND EQUAL ELECTIONS STUFF –

    FROM 1689 BRIT BILL OF RIGHTS ACT RE BRIT KING JAMES II EFFORTS TO RIG BRIT HOUSE OF COMMONS ELECTIONS

    NOW VOID FOR VAGUENESS ???

  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689
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    The Act
    The Declaration of Right was enacted in an Act of Parliament, the Bill of Rights 1689, which received royal assent in December 1689.
    The Act asserted “certain ancient rights and liberties” by declaring that
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    • election of members of Parliament ought to be free;

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    JAMES II AND GANG
    • by violating the freedom of election of members to serve in Parliament;
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