Third Circuit Strikes Down Pennsylvania Law Requiring the Voter to Put the Date on the Outer Envelope of the Postal Ballot

On August 26, the Third Circuit issued an opinion in Eakin v Adams County Board of Elections, 25-1644. It strikes down the Pennsylvania law that says voters who use postal ballots must date the outer envelope. The decision says there is no need for this law, because when a postal ballot is received in the elections office, the ballot is scanned and the date of receipt is recorded. The decision is written by Judge D. Brooks Smith (a Bush Jr. appointee) and signed by Judges Patty Shwartz (Obama), Arianna J. Freeman (Biden).


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Third Circuit Strikes Down Pennsylvania Law Requiring the Voter to Put the Date on the Outer Envelope of the Postal Ballot — 2 Comments

  1. PA should go back to using LePage’s mucilage glue for the envelope flaps and require voters to indicate the flavor on the outside of the envelope.

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