Pennsylvania’s highest court is vacating a Commonwealth Court decision that would have required counties to count mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect handwritten dates on their corresponding return envelopes. State officials say Friday’s four-to-three ruling asserts that the Commonwealth Court lacked proper jurisdiction because plaintiffs named only Philadelphia and Allegheny counties as defendants rather than all 67 Pennsylvania counties as required. Dissenting judges reportedly insisted that a “prompt and definitive” ruling on the appeal was “of paramount public importance” as it will impact how ballots are counted on November 5th.
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