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Appeals-court ruling may require Beaver County to count mail-in ballots with imperfect dates; county to begin mailings in September
Summary
The county solicitor said a Third Circuit ruling favors counting mail-in ballots with incorrect handwritten dates. County elections staff plan to begin mailing ballots to voters in September; a Sept. 11 deadline will allow parties to fill certain fall-ballot vacancies.
Beaver County Solicitor said a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit could require election officials to count mail-in ballots that contain incorrect handwritten dates, and county elections staff are tentatively planning to start mailing ballots to voters in September ahead of the Nov. 4 general election.
The solicitor told commissioners the appeals-court decision found that “mail in ballots that have bad or or what we would call the wise call improper dates on them should be counted.” He said the case could be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and that the county has historically segregated ballots with problematic…
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