Title: Ball, D., et al s v. Chapman, L., et al (per curiam order)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

[J-85-2022] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT DAVID BALL, JAMES D. BEE, JESSE D. DANIEL, GWENDOLYN MAE DELUCA, ROSS M. FARBER, LYNN MARIE KALCEVIC, VALLERIE SICILIANO- BIANCANIELLO, S. MICHAEL STREIB, REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE, AND REPUBLICAN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioners v. LEIGH M. CHAPMAN, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ACTING SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, AND ALL 67 COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS, Respondents : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 102 MM 2022 SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 5th day of November, 2022, the Court hereby supplements its per curiam order dated November 1, 2022, wherein we directed, in part, that “[t]he Pennsylvania county boards of elections are hereby ORDERED to refrain from counting any absentee and mail-in ballots received for the November 8, 2022 general election that are contained in undated or incorrectly dated outer envelopes.” (Emphasis added.) For purposes of the November 8, 2022 general election, “incorrectly dated outer envelopes” are as follows: (1) mail-in ballot outer envelopes with dates that fall outside the date range [J-85-2022] - 2 of September 19, 2022, through November 8, 2022; and (2) absentee ballot outer envelopes with dates that fall outside the date range of August 30, 2022, through November 8, 2022. See 25 P.S. §§ 3150.12a, 3150.15, 3146.2a(a), 3146.5(a).