WASHINGTON,
D.C. – In an exclusive
story, the Daily Caller reported
on the Republican National Committee (RNC) filing a cert petition with the
Supreme Court to uphold one of Pennsylvania’s key safeguards for mail-in
ballots.
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“'Pennsylvania’s mail-in
ballot dating requirement is a simple, commonsense safeguard that protects the
integrity of the state’s elections,’ RNC Chairman Joe Gruters said in
a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“'Counting ballots that are missing basic requirements like a date violate
Pennsylvania law and undermine confidence in elections. We urge the Supreme
Court to take this case and reaffirm that states can enforce reasonable
election rules like Pennsylvania’s date requirements.’
“The Third Circuit Court
of Appeals held in August that Pennsylvania’s
requirement violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution.
The full court declined to reconsider the panel’s ruling in October...
“'Pennsylvania law
mandates that voters who vote by mail fill out, date, and sign a declaration on
the ballot-return envelope,’ the RNC’s petition states. 'This mandate has
governed absentee voting for decades and now applies to universal mail voting,
which the General Assembly enacted through a bipartisan compromise in 2019.’…
“The justices will hear
oral arguments for another case in March, Watson v. RNC, considering
whether federal law bars states from counting mail-in ballots
that arrive after Election Day.”
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