In an order issued Tuesday, the court told Pennsylvania’s county boards of elections “to refrain from counting any absentee and mail-in ballots received for the November 8, 2022 general election contained in undated or incorrectly dated outer envelopes.” The court said it was “equally divided” on whether the failure to count undated ballots was a constitutional violation, and so it ordered that all incorrect or undated ballots from county boards of elections be separated and preserved. A “Vote here” sign is displayed at a polling station in Birmingham, Michigan, August 1, 2022. (Reuters/Emily Elconin) RNC HAS WENT 73 RACE IN 20 STATES: THE ‘MOST JUDICIAL’ CIRCUIT Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), reacted to the court ruling in a tweet Tuesday night, claiming a “massive” legal victory. “The Palestinian Authority Supreme Court agrees with us that ballots with incorrect or no mail dates cannot be counted in next week’s election,” McDaniel tweeted. “Republicans went to court. Now Democrats must follow the law.” Republican National Convention (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel GOP lawsuit aims to force Pennsylvania to drop undated ballots The RNC, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the Pennsylvania GOP filed the lawsuit Oct. 16, arguing that the state is illegally circumventing state law and a Supreme Court ruling by saying it will count undated absentee ballots. According to GOP groups, Leigh Chapman, the Democratic incumbent secretary of state for Pennsylvania, had defied a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Republican-majority Pennsylvania General Assembly by directing county boards of elections to count ballots without date. The state is serving as the arena for a close contest between Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz for a seat that could decide control of the U.S. Senate. A county worker collects ballots at a postal ballot drop-off area at the Clark County Elections Precinct in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) COURT’S ELECTION PLAN THREATENS ‘ELECTORAL ENFORCEMENT’ AGAINST RED STATES, WATCHDOG WARNS The order noted that the judges’ opinions would be forthcoming. Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
