Republicans Try to Block Pennsylvania Voters From Fixing Problems With Ballots
The Republican National Committee argued that counties do not have the authority to allow voters in the swing state to correct ballots that do not comply with the rules.
County was wrong to reject provisional ballots from voters who made mail ballot errors, Pa. court says
ACLU lawyers who brought the case say the Commonwealth Court ruling sets a new standard for all counties in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says
A court decision in the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania means voters can cast a provisional ballot in place of a mail-in ballot that is rejected for a garden-variety mistake they made when they returned it.
GOP asks Pa. Supreme Court to bar counties from letting voters fix mail-in ballot errors
The Republican Party is asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to find it illegal for county boards of elections to alert voters to defective mail-in ballots and give them the chance to correct any errors.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect dates won’t be counted
For now, mail-in ballots returned without a date on the outside of the envelope will not be counted in Pennsylvania.
Pa. voters can cast provisional ballot if mail ballot is rejected
A provisional ballot can be submitted on Election Day and can be separated from regular ballots by poll workers if they determine its eligibility needs to be checked. The voters attempted to submit provisional ballots afterward, but they were rejected by the county.
Swing-State Court Fights Flare Over Voting Rules Before Election
Judges are racing to resolve fights — many in swing states — over how Americans will cast ballots and tally results in the Nov. 5 presidential election as absentee and early voting is poised to start.
Courts continue to rule on mail-in voting in Pennsylvania
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania vacated a case surrounding undated or misdated ballots. The majority ruled that the legal battle should involve all 67 boards of elections, not just Philadelphia and Allegheny counties.
Pennsylvania court rules against allowing misdated mail-in votes
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday reversed a lower court's ruling from almost two weeks ago that had said the two most populous counties of the battleground state will not be able to throw out mail-in votes over incorrect envelope dates.
Pennsylvania court rejects Cornel West's bid to get on ballot and clears way for mail voting
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower ruling that rejected a bid to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on the battleground state's ballot for the November election
Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot system has a problem − but it’s not what Trump is making unfounded claims about
Due to ongoing court cases, the past is poised to repeat itself in the commonwealth in the upcoming presidential election. Legal battles over Pennsylvania’s election system drew national attention in 2020 as former President Donald Trump and his allies in the state leveraged quirks of the system to sow doubt about the results of the election.
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Dauphin County will allow voters to correct mail-in ballot errors. Advocates hope more will follow.
Dauphin County’s elections board enacted what’s called “notice and  cure” policy — basically, if someone incorrectly fills ...
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Texas officials say they’ve scrubbed the voter rolls. Here’s how to check if you’re still on them.
If you believe you should be registered but don’t appear on the voter registration list at the polls, you can cast a provisional ballot. There’s no guarantee that a provisional ballot will ...
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How to vote in Illinois: 4 ways to cast your ballot this November
Voters who aren’t registered can do so on Election Day, casting a provisional ballot and presenting multiple forms of identification to receive a ballot. More information on same-day ...
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County was wrong to reject provisional ballots from voters who made mail ballot errors, Pa. court says
HARRISBURG — A judge got it wrong when he decided that Butler County did not have to count provisional ballots from voters whose mail ballots were rejected because of an error, Pennsylvania ...
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Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says
A court decided Thursday that voters in the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania can cast provisional ballots in place of mail-in ballots that are rejected for a garden-variety mistake they ...
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Pa. voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says
They attempted to cast provisional ballots in place of the rejected mail-in ballots, but the county rejected those, too. In the court decision, Judge Matt Wolf ordered Butler County to count the ...
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Georgia’s State Election Board risks destabilizing the election
The timing of election administration policy changes is critical. Election administration is complex and highly technical, requiring the coordination of thousands of election officials and volunteers.
Haiti creates a provisional electoral council to prepare for the first elections since 2016
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government on Wednesday created a provisional electoral council long sought by the ...