The new date is January 28, 2022.
The Pennsylvania law allowing no-excuse mail-in voting was struck down by a state appeals court on Friday.
Voters cast their mail-in ballot at a drop box.
Act 77, which allows residents to vote by mail without an excuse, was challenged by Republicans in Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, which has a Republican majority, ruled that mail-in voting conflicts with the state's requirement that people vote in person.
The court ruled that if the state wants to allow no-excuse voting, it must amend the state constitution.
The Pennsylvania Department of State disagrees with today's ruling and is working to file an immediate appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
2.6 million people. The number of mail-in ballots was reported by the Pennsylvania Department of State.
The New York Times reports that 11 of the 14 Republican state lawmakers who sued to block Act 77 actually voted for it.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is likely to hear the state's appeal. The ruling will be put on hold once it does. The state Supreme Court has a Democratic majority and has upheld mail-in voting laws in the past. The Democratic voting rights advocates told the Philadelphia Inquirer that even a temporary loss could cause people to distrust the electoral system.
Approximately 1.38 million voters have expressed their interest in voting by mail permanently, according to the court. Legislation authorizing no-excuse mail-in voting can be placed upon our statute books if a constitutional amendment is presented to the people.
The opinion is based on twisted logic and faulty reasoning, and is wrong in the law, according to the Attorney General.
The Trump campaign and its allies baselessly alleged that mail-in voting in Pennsylvania in the 2020 election led to widespread voter fraud and unsuccessfully challenged the state's mail-in voting rules at the Supreme Court. Changes to Pennsylvania's mail-in voting procedures could affect the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, in which President Joe Biden narrowly won with just 501% of the vote. The legal challenge against Act 77 is part of a larger effort by the GOP to restrict voting access after the 2020 election. Outside of Pennsylvania, a judge in Wisconsin stopped the state from using ballot drop boxes, but that order has been temporarily paused by an appeals court.
Some Democrats are quietly worried by Republican lawsuits over Pennsylvania's mail voting law.
The Supreme Court killed the mail-in voting case.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Blocks Voting Machine Inspection.
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