Pennsylvania Cases November 20, 2020: In re 2,349 Ballots in the 2020 General Election

Case Description

ORDER

PER CURIAM .

AND NOW, this 20th day of November, 2020, the Petition for Allowance of Emergency Appeal is hereby GRANTED IN PART, limited to the following issue:

Does the Election Code require the Allegheny County Board of Elections to disqualify mail-in ballots submitted by qualified electors who signed their ballot's outer envelopes but did not handwrite a date, where no other fraud or irregularity has been alleged, and the ballot is timely received?

The order of the Commonwealth Court dated November 19, 2000 is hereby STAYED pending resolution of this appeal.

This appeal is hereby CONSOLIDATED with In re: Canvass of Absentee and Mail-in Ballots of November 3, 2020 General Election, Appeal of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., Nos. 31-35 EAP 2020, J-118A-E-2020.

For disposition of this matter, the Court will rely on the briefs filed in the Commonwealth Court at No. 1162 CD 2020.