Ahead of November’s election, voting rights groups are suing to force a Pa. county to tell voters their ballot has issues
While the suit is directed specifically at Washington County, an eventual ruling could send a signal to county election boards statewide and set new legal precedent over whether counties are obligated to alert voters if their ballot is invalid. A spokesperson for the Washington County Board of Elections did not immediately respond to a request for comment.filed a lawsuit last month demanding all votes in the suburban county be hand-counted.suit, Washington County in 2023 alerted voters if their ballot was invalid and helped them remedy the issue but the county election board changed course this year when it voted against continuing the policy.
Furthermore, the suit said, Washington County was the only county in the state that refused to tell voters who called the office that their ballot was invalid.