Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Pennsylvania mail-in ballot date requirement

(Reuters) The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a bid by civil and voting rights groups to end Pennsylvania’s mandate that mail-in ballots bear a handwritten date on the outer envelope, a requirement they contend is unnecessary and has resulted in needless disqualification of legitimate ballots.

The justices turned away an appeal by the plaintiffs of a lower court’s ruling that upheld the requirement and rejected the argument that it violated a provision in federal law that bars discarding ballots due to paperwork errors that are “not material” in determining whether a person is qualified to vote.

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