Pennsylvania Court That Declared Mail-In Voting Law Unconstitutional Says Ruling Can Take Effect Next Month

On Tuesday, a Pennsylvanian statewide court that ruled that the state’s mail-in voting law violated the state’s constitution said that its ruling can take effect in mid-March. The ruling would come into effect around a week after the state’s Supreme Court hears oral arguments in regards to the case, according to WTAE.

Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt said that the Republican leaders who challenged the state’s mail-in voting law would likely prevail at the state Supreme Court. According to WTAE: “Leavitt also said that the appeal by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration assumes the higher court will overrule decisions in 1862 and 1924 invalidating laws passed to expand absentee voting, but that administration lawyers did not identify an error in those decisions.”

The Commonwealth Court ruled late last month to strike down the state’s mail in voting law. Under this new ruling, this decision can take effect on March 15.

Leavitt said the timeline would allow county boards of election to notify voters of any change in law with two months remaining before the May 17 primary.