Judge Ellen Ceisler, in the majority opinion, wrote that the “refusal to count undated or incorrectly dated but timely mail ballots submitted by otherwise eligible voters because of meaningless and inconsequential paperwork errors violates the fundamental right to vote.”
Shapiro, previously a contender to be Vice President Harris’s running mate, echoed Ceisler’s comments while praising the ruling.
“This decision is a victory for Pennsylvanians’ fundamental right to vote,” he wrote Friday on social media platform X.
“Commonwealth Court got it right: an eligible voter’s minor error of forgetting to date or misdating a ballot envelope cannot be cause for disenfranchisement,” the governor continued. ” I’ll always protect your right to a free, secure, and fair election.”
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania also praised the ruling as a victory.