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Pennsylvania election officials are scrambling to warn thousands of voters who did not properly date their mail-in ballots that their votes will not be counted Tuesday following a last-minute court decision that could swing the airtight Senate race in the Keystone State.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Saturday that any mail-in ballots submitted without a date between Sept. 19 and Nov. 8 must not be tabulated, according to court records. Absentee ballots must be dated between Aug. 30 and Nov. 8.
In Philadelphia County, the most populous in the state, about 363 ballots were incorrectly dated and 1,986 were undated as of the ruling.
“All these ballot submissions have the possibility of NOT being counted,” Philadelphia city commissioners said in a statement Saturday that included a list of affected voters. “It is strongly advised that the voters on these lists request a replacement ballot at the county board of elections office.”
Across the state in Allegheny County, where Pittsburgh is located, 617 early voters had incorrectly dated their ballots and another 385 had not put any date on their ballots as of Sunday.
