“I don’t agree with the naked ballot ruling,” says Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman. The Pennsylvania Supreme court ruled that officials can reject so-called naked ballots that are received without the secrecy envelope.
Washington, DC Philadelphia's top election official is warning that thousands of mail-in ballots could be thrown out in November unless changes are made to rules around"secrecy envelopes" -- second sleeves that help prevent poll workers from seeing how someone voted.
The Pennsylvania Supreme court ruled last Friday that officials can reject so-called naked ballots that are received without the secrecy envelope. State election officials had previously provided guidance telling counties to count naked ballots. More on Voting Based on error rates in previous elections, that could mean more than 100,000 mail-in ballots are at risk, according to Philadelphia city commissioner Lisa Deeley.President Donald Trump won Pennsylvania, a key swing state, by just over 44,000 votes in 2016. Deeley wrote a letter Monday to Republican state House Speaker Bryan Cutler and Republican state Senate President Joseph Scarnati, calling for urgent legislative action to eliminate the secrecy sleeve requirement.
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