A new legal case in Pennsylvania may revive the debate over the rules surrounding voters’ signatures on the envelopes of mail-in ballots.
In Pennsylvania, voters casting mail-in ballots place their marked ballot in an envelope, which they are required by law to sign and date. That envelope is then placed in a second exterior envelope, also called a “secrecy” envelope, for mailing.
Numerous lawsuits have been brought in the state regarding how counties handle unsigned ballot envelopes. Election watchdogs have been arguing in court since 2020 over whether unsigned ballots are illegal and should not be counted, which tends to be a Republican view. Democrats tend to support allowing voters to cure their ballots by going to the county office to sign and date the envelope or to cast a provisional ballot on Election Day….
