WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania (KDKA) – A dispute over ballots erupted in a local courtroom this week.

Washington County commissioners are facing a lawsuit for failing to give voters an opportunity to correct errors on mail-in ballots.

The commissioners claim they were complying with a court ruling that undated or incorrectly dated ballots in Pennsylvania should not be counted.

However, the American Civil Liberties Union questions this.

“I think this is critical to democracy. It’s not just about the right to vote, it’s about the right to have your vote counted. And this is where we’ve put up hurdles to mail-in voting,” said Vic Walczak, legal director of the ACLU Pennsylvania.

According to an Associated Press story published earlier this year, the lawsuit filed in district court said the measure disenfranchised 259 voters, many of whom were unaware of the fact.

“As a result of the panel’s actions, voters had no way of knowing that their vote would not be counted and were deprived of the opportunity to protect their right to vote by taking advantage of an existing legal process: voting by provisional ballot,” the lawsuit said.

Washington County Commissioner Larry Maggi told KDKA that the board voted by two votes to hire an attorney to pursue the case.

No decision has yet been made in this case.