Court Rejects Lawsuit To Delay Mail-in Ballot Deadline

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The state Supreme Court is dismissing a lawsuit seeking to force Pennsylvania elections officials to accept absentee or mail-in ballots as long as they are received within a week after the primary or general elections during the pandemic. The ruling was Friday. Disability Rights Pennsylvania and several other parties argued that postal delays from the pandemic could cause ballots to be received too late to count. However, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration opposed it, saying it would be unconstitutional to give different voters different deadlines. The deadline for county elections offices to receive absentee and mail-in ballots is currently 8 p.m., when polls close, on election day.