Legal challenges arise over 16,000 uncounted mail ballots in 2024 Primary

Inquirer: The Philadelphia Inquirer reported how 16,000 votes were rejected in this Spring’s primary election.  The ballots were rejected for a variety of reasons — some ballots were not filled out, others did not make it to an election office in time.

As the Inquirer’s Katie Bernard reported, these 16,000 votes represents 2% of Pennsylvanians who voted in April. This is a significant number of votes that could determine the outcome of down ballot races in a higher-turnout general election while sowing distrust in the high-stakes presidential election.

Lawsuits have been filed to determine whether the state’s mail voting law is constitutional. The counting of undated ballots or those with incorrect dates has long been a subject of contention in Pennsylvania elections. Just before the primary, in March, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned a lower court decision that would have required Pennsylvania counties to count mailed ballots even if they were undated or had an incorrect date. The original challenge was filed by the NAACP and ACLU.

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/pennsylvania-mail-in-ballots-rejected-20240521.html