Pennsylvania's elections agency is suing three Republican-controlled county governments to force their election boards to report primary results to include ballots with undated exterior envelopes.
The Department of State sued Lancaster, Berks and Fayette in Commonwealth Court. The complaint describes them as "outlier counties" that have not properly certified vote tallies in the May 17 election that included nominating contests for U.S. Senate, governor and most of the Legislature.
Berks County's election board said on June 23 that they won't count mail-in votes without a date. Fayette and Lancaster counties had notified on June 26 and June 27 respectivley.
The department wants an order forcing the three counties to include in their primary election tallies all absentee and mail-in voters, "even if the voter failed to write a date on the declaration printed on the ballot's return envelope."
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