PA Judge Rules Some Late Ballots Don’t Count; Secretary of State ‘Lacked Authority’ to Extend ID Deadline
12th November 2020
A Pennsylvania judge ruled on Thursday that the state cannot count late ballots which required voters to provide proof of identification to ‘cure’ them by an arbitrary deadline set by the Secretary of State.
After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots could be accepted three days after Election Day, a separate issue in dispute, PA Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar submitted her own guidance that said proof of ID could be provided up to Nov 12, three days from the ballot acceptance deadline.