Federal court rules Pennsylvania can't discard mail-in ballots due to minor envelope errors, deeming it unconstitutional.

A federal appeals court ruled it is unconstitutional for Pennsylvania to discard mail-in ballots due to an incorrect or missing date on the return envelope. The court ordered the state to stop disqualifying these ballots, upholding a previous decision from a federal judge in Pittsburgh. The ruling affects thousands of ballots typically rejected in each election, emphasizing the importance of counting all valid votes. The decision could be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.