October 11, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated a Third Circuit decision holding that a Pennsylvania county should tally mail-in ballots lacking a proper date on the outer envelope in an already-decided judicial election, at the same time ordering the lower court to dismiss the case as moot.
May 27, 2022
The Third Circuit on Friday spelled out its reasoning why Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, should count mail-in ballots that hadn't been dated by voters, finding that the handwritten dates — or lack thereof — were not material to whether that person was qualified to vote.
May 18, 2022
A Third Circuit panel Wednesday quizzed attorneys on the practical effect of failing to properly list the date on a mail-in ballot envelope, seeming at times to support the notion that an incorrect or missing date on a ballot otherwise received in time should not invalidate a person's vote.
April 29, 2022
The Third Circuit's May argument calendar tees up a range of questions for the court, including whether a bankruptcy judge properly screened a pair of married attorneys for any potential conflicts, and whether a Pennsylvania county can invalidate votes mailed in undated ballot envelopes, even if they were submitted on time.