Pennsylvania Supreme Court Extends Vote By Mail Deadline, Allows Drop Boxes
4 years, 3 months ago

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Extends Vote By Mail Deadline, Allows Drop Boxes

NPR  

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Extends Vote By Mail Deadline, Allows Drop Boxes Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP Matt Rourke/AP The Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down several voting-related decisions Thursday that are likely to help Democrats this fall. The court extended the deadline for accepting mail ballots, will allow voters to submit their ballots through drop boxes, and removed the Green Party's candidate for president from the ballot. The Pennsylvania Department of State says nearly 2 million people have already asked for mail ballots for the upcoming election — and that figure is expected to grow. In other rulings Thursday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court also upheld a state law that poll watchers must be registered to vote in the county where they're observing the polls.

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Pennsylvania’s high court orders counties not to count disputed ballots in US Senate race
1 month ago

Pennsylvania’s high court orders counties not to count disputed ballots in US Senate race

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court on Monday weighed in on a flashpoint amid ongoing vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, ordering counties not to count mail-in ballots that lack a correct handwritten date on the return envelope. The Democratic-majority high court’s order reiterates the position it took previously …

GOP Senator-elect sues to halt counting of outstanding votes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

GOP Senator-elect sues to halt counting of outstanding votes

Raw Story  

Republican U.S. Senate nominee Dave McCormick’s lawyers withdrew a request on Friday for a Philadelphia judge to intervene to prevent election officials from counting provisional ballots without adequate Republican observation, according to court records. “The number of provisional ballots expected from areas that favor Senator Casey, like Philadelphia and its suburbs, is further proof that this race is too close …

Why Pennsylvania’s election results will take time to count
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why Pennsylvania’s election results will take time to count

Raw Story  

The country is unlikely to know who wins the battleground state of Pennsylvania on election night. Prior to 2020, local election officials never needed to count such a large number of ballots received through the mail, and news organizations could typically announce Pennsylvania’s unofficial winner quickly. Counting may also take less time because election officials have more experience counting the …

Pennsylvania's Strict Mail Ballot Rules May Create Provisional Ballot Crisis on Election Day
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania's Strict Mail Ballot Rules May Create Provisional Ballot Crisis on Election Day

Hindustan Times  

Pennsylvania's mail ballot rules may create a provisional ballot crisis on election day. With around 390,000 mail ballots still outstanding and a deadline of 8 p.m. for receipt, many voters may have to vote in person to ensure their voices are heard. However, voters encountering issues with their mail ballots can opt for provisional ballots on Election Day.

When will Pennsylvania declare its election result?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

When will Pennsylvania declare its election result?

The Telegraph  

Pennsylvania is arguably the most important individual race in the election, offering both candidates a pathway to the 270 electoral college votes needed to secure the White House. Pennsylvania is also one of seven states – two of which are swing states – that do not allow election workers to begin processing absentee or mail ballots until after 7am on …

"No truth to the allegation": Trump claims "cheating" in Pennsylvania as voters brave bomb threats
1 month, 2 weeks ago

"No truth to the allegation": Trump claims "cheating" in Pennsylvania as voters brave bomb threats

Salon  

PHILADELPHIA — Standing beside a table on the edge of campus adorned with "Hotties for Harris" signs, University of Pennsylvania student Olivia West explained that she was worried about her freedom. Posting from his residence in Florida, Trump claimed on his website Tuesday afternoon, just hours before polls closed, that there was a "lot of talk about massive CHEATING in …

Pennsylvania's Electoral Battleground: Legal Surprises and Heated Campaigns as Election Looms
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania's Electoral Battleground: Legal Surprises and Heated Campaigns as Election Looms

Hindustan Times  

Pennsylvania is emerging as the jackpot in the hotly contested presidential race, drawing both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in frenzied campaigning on the eve of the election. A surge in legal cases from both sides seeking to gain any advantage in addition to their get-out-the-vote efforts has also made the state a hotbed of political activity.

Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Surge Shows Why It’s a Top Prize
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Surge Shows Why It’s a Top Prize

Live Mint  

Pennsylvania is emerging as the jackpot in the hotly contested presidential race, drawing both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in frenzied campaigning on the eve of the election, along with a surge in legal cases from both sides. Republicans appealed after Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled the state must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots are disqualified for …

Judge orders PA elections board to extend hours as thousands of mail ballots go missing
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Judge orders PA elections board to extend hours as thousands of mail ballots go missing

Raw Story  

A judge has ordered the Erie County Board of Elections to extend its operating hours and take other steps to ensure that thousands of voters who requested mail ballots but did not receive them can still get mail ballots and return them by the Election Day deadline. The lawsuit claimed that mail ballot return rates in Erie were below the …

Pennsylvania's Strict Voting Laws Put to the Test in Election Court Battle
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania's Strict Voting Laws Put to the Test in Election Court Battle

Hindustan Times  

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in the state's presidential election. The ruling is a victory for voting-rights advocates, who had sought to force counties to let voters cast a provisional ballot on Election Day if their mail-in ballot was to be rejected for …

Dems sue after 1,800 mail-in ballots lost in key swing state
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Dems sue after 1,800 mail-in ballots lost in key swing state

Raw Story  

On Election Night 2024, one of the most closely watched states will be Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Capital-Star reporter Kim Lyons wrote, "The issues in Erie began with an Ohio-based third-party vendor, ElectionIQ, that the county contracts with to print and mail its mail ballots, given the volume of requests for mail ballots the county has received for the upcoming election…. The …

Pennsylvania's Ballot Battle: A Timeline of Election Night
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania's Ballot Battle: A Timeline of Election Night

Firstpost  

The article discusses the potential length of time it will take to determine the winner of Pennsylvania in the 2024 US presidential election. Pennsylvania is crucial to both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and the outcome of the election could have significant implications for the political landscape of the country.

Supreme Court turns away GOP plea to disqualify Pennsylvania voters who mailed ballots with errors
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court turns away GOP plea to disqualify Pennsylvania voters who mailed ballots with errors

LA Times  

Voters wait in line to make a corrections to their ballots in Philadelphia in 2022. The Supreme Court on Friday turned down an appeal from the Republican National Committee and refused to disqualify Pennsylvania voters who had sent in a mail ballot with an error on the envelope. By a 4-3 vote, the state justices ruled that voters who sent …

Republicans ask Pennsylvania court to put on hold decision on mail ballot envelope rules
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Republicans ask Pennsylvania court to put on hold decision on mail ballot envelope rules

LA Times  

Mail-in ballots are handled in a secure area at the elections warehouse in Pittsburgh in April. Republicans wasted no time in appealing a Pennsylvania court decision that would relax the rules for mail ballots, asking the state Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a lower court opinion issued one day earlier. The Commonwealth Court, in a 3-2 decision, said 69 …

Group uses flimsy USPS data in effort to block hundreds of Pennsylvania votes
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Group uses flimsy USPS data in effort to block hundreds of Pennsylvania votes

Raw Story  

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Pennsylvania’s free newsletter here. A group of citizens are challenging hundreds of mail ballot applications in southeast Pennsylvania, claiming they were submitted by voters who have moved to a new address that disqualifies them from voting in the state. The …

Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to void thousands of ballots in PA – a week before the election
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to void thousands of ballots in PA – a week before the election

The Independent  

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RNC urges Supreme Court to block counting Pennsylvania mail ballots with errors
1 month, 3 weeks ago

RNC urges Supreme Court to block counting Pennsylvania mail ballots with errors

LA Times  

The Republican National Committee on Monday urged the Supreme Court to block Pennsylvania election officials from counting the votes of those who failed to follow the proper procedure when they first submitted a mail ballot. In an emergency appeal, the RNC lawyers said the justices should overturn a recent ruling by Pennsylvania’s state supreme court and forbid the counting of …

GOP challenges Pa. Supreme Court ruling on 'Naked Ballots' case ahead of election
1 month, 4 weeks ago

GOP challenges Pa. Supreme Court ruling on 'Naked Ballots' case ahead of election

Raw Story  

The Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania have asked the state’s highest court to delay a ruling that could affect thousands of voters next month while it asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal. The Republican groups argued in their petition that the state Supreme Court’s order affirming the lower court decision fundamentally alters the …

Time is Running Out for Pennsylvanians to Request a Mail Ballot and Submit It to Vote in the Nov. 5 General Election
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Time is Running Out for Pennsylvanians to Request a Mail Ballot and Submit It to Vote in the Nov. 5 General Election

Associated Press  

Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot deadline is approaching, with the deadline to request a ballot Tuesday at 5 p.m. Voters can request a ballot at their county elections office or online through the Department of State. Counties have different policies for notifying voters of errors on return envelopes, but the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ruled that any voter who attempted to vote …

Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Receipt After Election Day
2 months ago

Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Mississippi on Ballot Receipt After Election Day

CNN  

A federal appeals court judges have ruled that Mississippi's post-election mail ballot receipt violates federal law. The ruling could impact legal challenges to late-arriving ballots in other states, which could make a difference in key races. The court's decision is only binding on the three Southern states covered by the circuit, and for now, the panel is not ordering that …

A New Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruling Could Tip the Entire Election
2 months ago

A New Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruling Could Tip the Entire Election

Slate  

This piece was originally published on State Court Report, a hub for reporting, analysis, and commentary about state courts and constitutions. With less than two weeks until Election Day and mail-in ballots already in circulation, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled citizens have a right to vote by provisional ballot if their mail-in ballot is disqualified for a failure to return it …

In a close election, here are three legal disputes that could reach the Supreme Court
2 months, 1 week ago

In a close election, here are three legal disputes that could reach the Supreme Court

LA Times  

In a nail-biter election Nov. 5, expect the losing side to challenge the results in court. Two weeks ago, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to rule on mail-ballot errors, leaving the state’s 67 counties to decide on how to proceed. A state appeals court agreed in August, holding that it violated the state Constitution to throw out ballots because of …

Nov. 5 election too close to decide mail-in ballot issues: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Nov. 5 election too close to decide mail-in ballot issues: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Raw Story  

In a pair of decisions published Saturday evening the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied requests to resolve questions about the commonwealth’s vote-by-mail law in the final few weeks before the Nov. 5 presidential election. The court also rejected a request by the Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania to stop county election officials from allowing voters to remedy …

Voting gets underway in Pennsylvania, as counties mail ballots and open satellite election offices
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Voting gets underway in Pennsylvania, as counties mail ballots and open satellite election offices

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Voting has begun in earnest in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania, as counties increasingly begin mailing out ballots, offering over-the-counter voting in election offices and opening other avenues to voting. Montgomery County, the state’s third-most populous county, has started mailing out ballots and, on Friday, it …

Ballot dating lawsuit argues 10,000+ Pennsylvania voters could be disenfranchised
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Ballot dating lawsuit argues 10,000+ Pennsylvania voters could be disenfranchised

Raw Story  

Ten voting rights groups have asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to block enforcement of a rule that disqualifies mail-in ballots returned without a date. Lawyers for the voting rights groups say that if county election boards disqualify ballots that are returned by the Election Day deadline but don’t have a correct date on the outside envelope, more than 10,000 voters …

What to know about ‘undated’ and ‘naked’ mail ballots in Pennsylvania
2 months, 4 weeks ago

What to know about ‘undated’ and ‘naked’ mail ballots in Pennsylvania

NPR  

What to know about ‘undated’ and ‘naked’ mail ballots in Pennsylvania toggle caption Matt Slocum/AP With voting underway for Pennsylvania’s general election, legal questions about the ballots of mail-in voters have been looming in the swing state that could determine the winner of the presidential race. In September, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court cited procedural issues and threw out an earlier …

Court takes 'naked ballots' case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting
3 months ago

Court takes 'naked ballots' case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting

Hindustan Times  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania's highest court on Friday said it will consider whether counties must accept provisional ballots cast on election day at polling places by voters whose mail-in ballots lacked secrecy envelopes or were rejected for other flaws. Court takes 'naked ballots' case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting It could determine the fate of thousands of votes that could otherwise …

Court takes ‘naked ballots’ case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting
3 months ago

Court takes ‘naked ballots’ case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s highest court on Friday said it will consider whether counties must accept provisional ballots cast on election day at polling places by voters whose mail-in ballots lacked secrecy envelopes or were rejected for other flaws. The Supreme Court took up the appeal from a Commonwealth Court …

Pennsylvania court rejects Cornel West’s bid to get on ballot and clears way for mail voting
3 months, 1 week ago

Pennsylvania court rejects Cornel West’s bid to get on ballot and clears way for mail voting

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that rejected a bid to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on the ballot for the November election in the battleground state. The decision also sets in motion the process for counties to start printing, testing and …

Pennsylvania high court rules against two third-party candidates trying for presidential ballot
3 months, 1 week ago

Pennsylvania high court rules against two third-party candidates trying for presidential ballot

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on Friday sided with lower court decisions to block two third-party presidential candidates from the battleground state’s ballot in November’s election. The decisions hand a win apiece to each major party, as Democratic and Republican party loyalists work to fend off third-party candidates for fear of siphoning votes away from their parties’ presidential nominees …

Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules
3 months, 1 week ago

Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania voters could have their mail-in ballots thrown out if they do not write accurate dates on envelopes they use to return them under a state Supreme Court ruling issued Friday that could impact the presidential race. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley in a release called it a major victory for election integrity “that will protect …

Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules
3 months, 1 week ago

Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules

CNN  

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania AP — Pennsylvania voters could have their mail-in ballots thrown out if they do not write accurate dates on envelopes they use to return them under a state Supreme Court ruling issued Friday that could impact the presidential race. The Supreme Court’s reversal of that decision raises the prospect that thousands of ballots that arrive in time might …

Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A court decided Thursday that voters in the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania can cast provisional ballots in place of mail-in ballots that are rejected for a garden-variety mistake they made when they returned it. The three-member panel ruled that nothing in state law prevented Republican-controlled Butler County from counting two voters’ provisional ballots in the April 23 …

GOP lawsuits set the stage for state challenges if Trump loses the election
3 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP lawsuits set the stage for state challenges if Trump loses the election

Associated Press  

Before voters even begin casting ballots, Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a sprawling legal fight over the 2024 election through a series of court disputes that could even run past Nov. 5 if results are close. After Donald Trump made " election integrity " a key part of his party’s platform following his false claims of widespread voter fraud …

Court stops Pennsylvania counties from throwing out mail-in votes over incorrect envelope dates
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Court stops Pennsylvania counties from throwing out mail-in votes over incorrect envelope dates

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state court Friday halted enforcement of a requirement that voters include accurate, handwritten dates on envelopes used to submit mail-in ballots, a ruling likely to keep several thousand Pennsylvania votes from being thrown out in the November election. “The refusal to count undated or incorrectly dated but timely mail ballots submitted by otherwise eligible voters because …

Pennsylvania county broke law by refusing to tell voters if it rejected their ballot, judge says
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Pennsylvania county broke law by refusing to tell voters if it rejected their ballot, judge says

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Republican-controlled county in Pennsylvania violated state law when election workers refused to tell voters that their mail-in ballot had been rejected and wouldn’t be counted in last April’s primary election, a judge ruled. As a result, voters in Washington County were unable to exercise their legal right either to challenge the decision of the county elections …

Cornel West can’t be on Pennsylvania’s presidential ballot, court decides
4 months ago

Cornel West can’t be on Pennsylvania’s presidential ballot, court decides

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Independent presidential candidate Cornel West lost a legal challenge Friday in his bid to get on the ballot in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of State’s office said West’s campaign lacked the required affidavits for 14 of West’s 19 presidential electors. Jubelirer, a Republican, agreed with the Secretary of State’s office that minor-party presidential electors …

Democrats get a third-party hopeful knocked off Pennsylvania ballot, as Cornel West tries to get on
4 months ago

Democrats get a third-party hopeful knocked off Pennsylvania ballot, as Cornel West tries to get on

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Democrats have won legal challenges keeping the left-wing Party for Socialism and Liberation off the battleground state’s presidential ballot, at least for now, while a lawyer with deep Republican Party ties is working to help independent candidate Cornel West get on it. The court cases are among a raft of partisan legal maneuvering around third-party candidates …

Pennsylvania’s long-running dispute over dates on mail-in voting ballots is back in the courts
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania’s long-running dispute over dates on mail-in voting ballots is back in the courts

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A technical requirement that Pennsylvania voters write accurate dates on the exterior envelope of mail-in ballots was again the subject of a court proceeding on Thursday as advocates argued the mandate unfairly leads to otherwise valid votes being thrown out. They argued that enforcing the date requirement infringes upon voting rights and that none of the prior …

US judge dismisses Republican challenge over counting of post-Election Day mail ballots in Nevada
5 months, 1 week ago

US judge dismisses Republican challenge over counting of post-Election Day mail ballots in Nevada

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by national and state Republicans that sought to bar Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day. A state law passed by Democrats in 2021 allows election officials to tally ballots received by 5 p.m. on the fourth day after Election Day, as long as the envelopes …

Lawsuit says Pennsylvania county deliberately hid decisions to invalidate some mail-in ballots
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Lawsuit says Pennsylvania county deliberately hid decisions to invalidate some mail-in ballots

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania county’s elected commissioners were sued Monday over a policy adopted for this year’s primary in which people whose mail-in ballots were disqualified for technical violations say they were purposely not informed in time to fix errors. Seven disqualified primary voters, the local NAACP branch and the Center for Coalfield Justice sued Washington County’s election …

Partisan gridlock prevents fixes to Pennsylvania’s voting laws as presidential election looms
6 months, 1 week ago

Partisan gridlock prevents fixes to Pennsylvania’s voting laws as presidential election looms

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania is seeing lots of action targeting gaps in its vote-by-mail laws. The state also has a U.S. Senate contest between Democratic incumbent Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick that will help determine control of the chamber, increasing scrutiny on election offices if lawmakers can’t break a partisan stalemate and vote-counting is slowed by mailed ballots. …

New court challenge filed in Pennsylvania to prevent some mail-in ballots from getting thrown out
6 months, 3 weeks ago

New court challenge filed in Pennsylvania to prevent some mail-in ballots from getting thrown out

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new lawsuit filed Tuesday by a constellation of left-leaning groups in Pennsylvania is trying to prevent thousands of mail-in ballots from being thrown out in November’s election in a battleground state that is expected to play a critical role in selecting a new president. The lawsuit, filed in a state court, is the latest of perhaps …

Pennsylvania sees fewer mail ballots rejected for technicalities, a priority for election officials
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pennsylvania sees fewer mail ballots rejected for technicalities, a priority for election officials

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania election officials said Wednesday that the rate of mail-in ballots rejected for technicalities, like a missing date, saw a significant drop in last month’s primary election after state officials tried anew to help voters avoid mistakes that might get their ballots thrown out. Pennsylvania’s top election official, Secretary of State Al Schmidt, said counties reported a …

Trump and Republicans file suit to nullify Nevada ballots mailed on Election Day
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump and Republicans file suit to nullify Nevada ballots mailed on Election Day

Raw Story  

The Trump campaign and its Republican allies on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging Nevada’s ballot receipt deadline. Nevada law allows for mail ballots postmarked on Election Day to be accepted and counted if they are received by county election officials within four days. Plaintiffs in the new lawsuit argue that practice violates federal law and as a result “valid, timely …

Democrats advance election bill in Pennsylvania long sought by counties to process ballots faster
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Democrats advance election bill in Pennsylvania long sought by counties to process ballots faster

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill long sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state and to avoid a repeat of 2020’s drawn-out vote count. Counties have sought that kind of a provision for years, even before 2020’s presidential election, to give them …

Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots does not run afoul of a civil rights law, a federal appeals court panel said Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling. In the court’s opinion, Judge Thomas Ambro said the section of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that the …

US appeals court to decide if Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with wrong date still count
10 months ago

US appeals court to decide if Pennsylvania mail-in ballots with wrong date still count

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court must decide if Pennsylvania voters need to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots for the votes to count, a dispute with implications for this year’s presidential contest. Ari Savitzky, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union representing several voter groups, told the court that more than 10,000 …

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania challenge state, federal actions to boost voter registration
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania challenge state, federal actions to boost voter registration

Hindustan Times  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A group of conservative state lawmakers in Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging three voting-related executive branch actions designed to boost voter registration, including a 2021 executive order by President Joe Biden. The Brennan Center for Justice last year called Biden's executive order “one of the most substantial undertakings by any administration to overcome barriers to …

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania challenge state, federal actions to boost voter registration
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania challenge state, federal actions to boost voter registration

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A group of conservative state lawmakers in Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging three voting-related executive branch actions designed to boost voter registration, including a 2021 executive order by President Joe Biden. The Brennan Center for Justice last year called Biden’s executive order “one of the most substantial undertakings by any administration to overcome barriers to …

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