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Coverage dated June 8, 2022 to June 9, 2022

Justices allow counting of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania

Headline from The Sentinel (Carlisle)

The state law requires voters to write a date on the envelope in which they mail in their ballots

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    Supreme Court justices allow counting of mail-in ballots without handwritten date in Pa.; decision affects Lehigh County judicial race (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    The order leaves in place a lower court ruling involving 257 disputed mail-in ballots in the November 2021 race for commonwealth judge in Lehigh County.

  2. Denver Gazette

    U.S. Supreme Court allows counting of undated mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania (opens Denver Gazette)

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    By Lawrence Hurley

  3. CNN

    Supreme Court won't block counting of undated mail ballots in local Pennsylvania judicial race (opens CNN)

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    "A State's refusal to count the votes of these voters does not constitute a denial of 'the right to vote,'" Justice Alito wrote in dissent

  4. NBC News

    Supreme Court allows counting undated mail ballots (opens NBC News)

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    The issue arose in a Pennsylvania race, but the court's order is likely to influence election practices in other states.

  5. The Sentinel (Carlisle)

    Justices allow counting of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania (opens The Sentinel (Carlisle))

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    The Sentinel (Carlisle)'s feed description

    The state law requires voters to write a date on the envelope in which they mail in their ballots

  6. Just the News

    Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to continue counting undated ballots (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot practices have been under intense scrutiny since the 2020 presidential election

  7. CBS News

    Supreme Court allows counting of mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The Supreme Court is allowing elections officials to count mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania that lack a handwritten date but were received in time.

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