There are issues over “naked” ballots that don’t have an envelope inside the mailing envelope and how long mail ballots will be accepted. This will wind up in courts just like Republican voter suppression efforts in other states.
Pennsylvania Republicans plan to appeal mail ballot deadline ruling to U.S. Supreme Court https://t.co/l8STYB4tMU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 23, 2020
🚨UPDATE: Last night the Pennsylvania Federal Court DISMISSED GOP naked ballots and third-party ballot delivery claims. Court also ruled that it will continue to ABSTAIN from ballot drop-box site claims and notice requirements. More here re next steps👇https://t.co/xHdwqx0X0B
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) September 23, 2020
They're called 'naked ballots'. Tonight, there's concern they could disenfranchise 100,000 Pennsylvania voters. In 2016, the state was decided by 44,000 votes.
— David Kaplan (@DKaplanWTAE) September 22, 2020
Key reminder: Ballot goes into secrecy envelope, both go into outer, declaration envelope.https://t.co/cPLTbu2tWd pic.twitter.com/Zk5jNbFAsb
Calling all billionaires with a belief in democracy!@chrislhayes explains how “naked ballots” could cost Joe Biden the Pennsylvania vote and why an educational campaign is more important than ever. pic.twitter.com/xfnFO21s0D
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) September 23, 2020
Look, regardless of the outcome, 80-100k or more PA ballots being tossed out on a technicality is a foreseeable train wreck. Perhaps more national news outlets should be picking this up? https://t.co/wX65ghFUgP
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 22, 2020
In a letter to GOP state leg leaders, an election official warns 100K PA voters could be disenfranchised b/c of a ruling rejecting naked ballots. It "set PA up to be the subject of significant post-election legal controversy, the likes of which we have not seen since FL in 2000." pic.twitter.com/3ml96W00EX
— Holly Otterbein (@hollyotterbein) September 21, 2020
A few people brushed off my PA "naked ballots" scenario the other day as "concern trolling." In reality, it's a very serious issue.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 21, 2020
Here is the *chairwoman of Philadelphia's city commissioners* warning that 30,000-40,000 mail ballots could be invalidated in Philadelphia ALONE. https://t.co/Wr0YCnBW1C
Just heard from a reporter in western PA who's about to uncover yet *another* county where the naked ballot rate was ~5% in June. This appears to be the norm, not the exception.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 22, 2020
“The state Supreme Court in PA, a critical battleground state that’s seen as increasingly likely to determine who wins the White House, last week ordered officials to throw out ‘naked ballots’ — mail ballots that arrive w/o inner ‘secrecy envelopes.’” 1/ https://t.co/vvEJCIft8g
— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 (@jennycohn1) September 22, 2020
"Naked" ballot rules put thousands of Pennsylvania mail-in votes at risk, Philadelphia official warns https://t.co/fLJ9IkRsMo pic.twitter.com/SwfJfXyVlV
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 22, 2020
Sad! 