DiscoverAmerican Democracy MinuteEpisode 851: Pennsylvania Must Count Mail-In Ballots with Missing or Incorrect Dates, Says Federal Appeals Court, Protecting Thousands of Voters Each Election
Episode 851: Pennsylvania Must Count Mail-In Ballots with Missing or Incorrect Dates, Says Federal Appeals Court, Protecting Thousands of Voters Each Election

Episode 851: Pennsylvania Must Count Mail-In Ballots with Missing or Incorrect Dates, Says Federal Appeals Court, Protecting Thousands of Voters Each Election

Update: 2025-08-28
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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Aug. 29, 2025

Pennsylvania Must Count Mail-In Ballots with Missing or Incorrect Dates, Says Federal Appeals Court, Protecting Thousands of Voters Each Election
A Federal appeals court panel ruled August 26th that Pennsylvania counties must count mail-in ballots with a missing or incorrect date.  The decision could protect the vote of as many as 10,000 voters each election.

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Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - (2022)  Undated Mail-In Ballots Case Impacts PA U.S. Senate Race
American Democracy Minute - (2024)  The ACLU Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Undated Pennsylvania Mail-in Ballots Case
American Democracy Minute - Good Democracy News for a Change:  Federal Court Directs Pennsylvania to Count Undated Mail-in Ballots in Ongoing Partisan Dispute
Politics PA - Court Rules Pennsylvania Must Count Undated Mail-In Ballots
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit - Opinion in  BETTE EAKIN et. al. vs. Adams County Board of Elections 


Protect Democracy - The Constitutionality of the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania - Docket for Separate Case Challenging Free & Equal Elections Clause in PA Constitution 


Groups Taking Action:

ACLU PAPA Conference of the NAACP, Common Cause PA, Black Political Empowerment Project

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Episode 851: Pennsylvania Must Count Mail-In Ballots with Missing or Incorrect Dates, Says Federal Appeals Court, Protecting Thousands of Voters Each Election

Episode 851: Pennsylvania Must Count Mail-In Ballots with Missing or Incorrect Dates, Says Federal Appeals Court, Protecting Thousands of Voters Each Election

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