On its face, the current back and forth is over a small portion of undated ballots in one election. But it could have ramifications for November's general election and beyond.
in a case over undated mail ballots in Lehigh County, sending both campaigns and their lawyers into a flurry of action.
An RNC spokesperson said its intervention in the case is about this election, as well as future contests“We just want to ensure that states continue to follow the laws on the books — now, in November and in elections to come.” “I always knew we’d have to deal with Elias’ nonsense this cycle,” Contres wrote. “Just didn’t think it would be during a Republican Senate primary.”
Undated mail ballots have been a recurring front in the fight over mail voting in Pennsylvania. They’re one in a line of questions county election officials have faced, like what if a ballot is missing a signature, or the date, or the inner secrecy envelope? Several of those issues have also resulted in lawsuits, typically Republicans suing to reject ambiguous votes and Democrats suing to count them.
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