Category: mail-in balloting

Massachusetts Supreme Court Rejects GOP Challenge, Green-Lights Mail-In Voting

July 11, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsJudiciarymail-in ballotingMassachusettsPoliticsRegional-Local NewsUS
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The highest court in Massachusetts threw out a challenge on July 11 to absentee voting rules brought by state Republicans, a move that allows voters to submit mail-in ballots in the September primary election without having to provide an excuse. A brief unsigned order indicates the court will release a “full opinion explaining the court’s…

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Denies Republican Request to Throw out Ruling Requiring Questionable Ballots to Be Accepted

June 12, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsJudiciarymail-in ballotingPennsylvaniaPennsylvania Supreme CourtPoliticsUSUS News
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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has quietly dismissed Republicans’ application to overturn a lower state court’s order requiring that absentee and mail-ballots that lack a date handwritten by the voter be counted. Pennsylvania was a hotbed of election-related litigation during the 2020 presidential election. Although former President Donald Trump won the state in 2016, President…

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Denies GOP Request to Throw Out Ruling Requiring Questionable Ballots to Be Accepted

June 12, 2022
2022 Midterm ElectionsElection IntegrityFeatured TopicsJudiciarymail-in ballotingPennsylvaniaPennsylvania Supreme CourtPoliticsUSUS News
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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has quietly dismissed Republicans’ application to overturn a lower state court’s order requiring that absentee and mail-in-ballots that lack a date handwritten by the voter be counted. Pennsylvania was a hotbed of election-related litigation during the 2020 presidential election. Although former President Donald Trump won the state in 2016, President…

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