In Re: Canvass of Absentee and Mail-In Ballots
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Opinion
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT
IN RE: CANVASS OF ABSENTEE AND : Nos. 89-93 EM 2020 MAIL-IN BALLOTS OF NOVEMBER 3, 2020 : GENERAL ELECTION : : : PETITION OF: PHILADELPHIA COUNTY : BOARD OF ELECTIONS : : : :
ORDER
PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 18th day of November, 2020, the Application for the Court to
Exercise Extraordinary Jurisdiction over the Commonwealth Court’s Cases Docketed at
1140 CD 2020, 1139 CD 2020, 1138 CD 2020, 1137 CD 2020, and 1136 CD 2020, filed
by the Philadelphia County Board of Elections, is hereby GRANTED with respect to the
following issue:
Does the Election Code require county boards of elections to disqualify mail-in or absentee ballots submitted by qualified electors who signed their ballot’s outer envelopes but did not handwrite their name, their address, and/or a date, where no fraud or irregularity has been alleged?
The Commonwealth Court shall immediately transfer the contents of its records for
these cases to this Court, including the briefs requested and received from the parties.
Chief Justice Saylor and Justice Mundy note their dissent.
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