Judge dismisses legal challenge of improperly dated mail-in ballots in Centre County

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A Centre County judge has dismissed a challenge on whether close to 100 mail-in ballots, from last month’s primary election, should be counted as valid votes.

Judge Julia Rater has ruled the appeal not to count the ballots was filed too late.

The group challenging the 95 ballots claimed they weren't valid due to problems with how they were dated, or not dated, and that didn't follow the state's guidelines for mail-in ballots.

Initially, the ballots were flagged for possible problems during the primary election count on April 23rd, but Centre County's election board eventually decided to include them in the final vote count, which sparked the legal challenge.

Centre County remains the last county in the state that has not certified its primary election results.

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