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BREAKING: SCOTUS allowed the DOJ to file a brief in a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania's "Date Instruction" requirement that prevents counties from counting undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots. While the Court hasn't decided whether it will take the case, the move suggests it likely will.

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Democrats argued that punishing someone with disenfranchisement for forgetting a date or writing the wrong one on an outer envelope is disproportionate to the error, and serves no purpose in ensuring the voter is legitimate. Multiple lower courts agreed.

democracydocket.comSupreme Court signals it will hear high-stakes case on Pennsylvania mail ballotsThe move strongly indicates the Supreme Court will take up the case, Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections.

29/6/26, 2:06 pm38 reposts135 likes

bluecat1975.bsky.social

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29 June

Why even have the date on an outside envelope if it can be used to disenfranchise a voter if incorrect?