Pennsylvania Sued Over Signature-Matching Ballot Procedures

Pennsylvania’s practice of comparing signatures on submitted absentee ballots to those on ballot applications should be barred from the November election as unconstitutional, the state’s League of Women Voters says in a federal suit filed Friday.

The complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania closely tracks one the League of Women Voters of Ohio lodged against Ohio election officials last week.

Like Ohio, Pennsylvania allows universal absentee voting, but voters must first sign and submit an application for a mail-in ballot. County election officials compare the signatures on the ballot applications to the ballots ...