WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing election officials to count mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania that lack a handwritten date but were received in time.
The unsigned order Thursday applies to a Lehigh County judicial election from 2021. But Justice Samuel Alito warned in a dissent that the issue could affect the November elections.
Last week, Alito had imposed a temporary hold on counting the ballots to give the justices more time to consider the matter.
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McCormick has since conceded to Oz.
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