Republicans Score Win in Court Battle Over Pennsylvania Ballot Requirements

Mail-in ballots without dates, or with incorrect dates, should not be counted, federal appeals court rules.

A man photographs himself depositing his ballot in an official ballot drop box while voters wait in a long line outside of Philadelphia City Hall at the satellite polling station in Philadelphia on Oct. 27, 2020. Mark Makela/Getty Images

A state law in Pennsylvania that requires mail-in ballots to be dated is legal, a federal appeals court has ruled.

The law, which says that voters must fill out, date, and sign envelopes containing the ballots, is not prevented by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a majority said in the March 27 ruling.