The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is taking on the question of undated mail ballots.
The court on Friday accepted a lawsuit filed by a coalition of Republican groups, including the Republican National Committee and Pennsylvania GOP, that seeks to block undated mail ballots from being counted.
Friday’s move was an unusual one — the lawsuit was filed Sunday directly with the state’s high court, asking it to use a rare power to take up an issue before going through the normal court process. The justices’ acceptance of the lawsuit suggests they see the question of undated ballots as urgent and important.
And as they granted the request Friday, they fast-tracked the case, setting a deadline of Monday for the Republican groups to file their arguments and Tuesday for the Pennsylvania Department of State, Democratic groups, and all 67 county boards of elections to respond.