According to a nonpartisan study published in the Election Law Journal, voters in Pennsylvania are met with higher barriers on casting a ballot than most other states in the nation, write Isaac Avilucea and Mike D’Onofrio for the Axios.

The Keystone State ranked at No. 32 in the 2022 Pennsylvania Voting Index for voting access based on time, effort, and resources that are needed to cast a ballot. This is not good news for the state as obstacles can often discourage people from voting, resulting in lower turnout in a swing state where elections over the years have had narrow margins of victory.

Pennsylvania has made strides in recent years, including extending mail-in voting to all voters. However, there are still problems with the process. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that undated mail-in ballots cannot be counted, invalidating a lower-court order that said otherwise. Now, this is creating confusion on whether mail-in ballots missing a date on the envelope can be counted.

Meanwhile, Philadelphia only started sending out mail-in ballots last week for the November 8 polling due to the delays over late races being added to the ballot.

Read more about the 2022 Pennsylvania Voting Index in the Axios.