Learn more about the lawsuits shaping voting rights, redistricting and elections by exploring Democracy Docket’s comprehensive database of cases. Click on any case to find a brief summary of the lawsuit and all relevant filings in the “case documents” section.
In re: 2024 General Election
Petition filed by the Perry County Board of Elections seeking to allow designated agents to obtain and return provisional ballots for voters with disabilities who cast a potentially defective mail-in or absentee ballot.
Rossman v. Schmidt
An anti-voting lawsuit seeking to invalidate a Pennsylvania policy that prevents counties from rejecting voter registration applications when identification numbers don’t match official records.
Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc v. Bucks County Board of Elections
Lawsuit filed by Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Republican National Committee (RNC), Republican Party of Pennsylvania, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate David McCormick and Friends of Dave Campaign against the Bucks County Board of Elections and its members seeking to extend Bucks County’s deadline for in-person mail-in ballot applications.
Reschenthaler v. Schmidt
Lawsuit filed by five Republican representatives against Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt (R) and Deputy Secretary for Elections Jonathan Marks challenging the state’s verification of overseas voter eligibility before accepting and counting their ballots.
French v. County of Luzerne
Lawsuit filed by three Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, voters against Luzerne County and its election officials alleging that voters were “disenfranchised” during the Nov. 8, 2022, midterm elections as a result of the defendants’ “misadministration of the election” in at least “40 election districts.”
Republican National Committee v. Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
Lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee and others against the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners and others challenging the county’s failure to test its voting equipment ahead of the November 2024 general election.
Mancini v. Delaware County
Lawsuit filed by Republican candidate for Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District, Alfeia Goodwin, and a voter against Delaware County, Pennsylvania challenging the county’s voting equipment.
In This Together NEPA Inc. v. Crocamo
Lawsuits filed by In This Together NEPA and three voters against the Luzerne County Board of Elections and Registration and county manager Romilda Crocamo challenging the county’s decision to eliminate the use of drop boxes.
Republican National Committee v. Schmidt
Petition filed by the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania against Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt (R) and Pennsylvania’s 67 county boards of elections challenging the authority of county boards to develop mail-in ballot notice-and-cure procedures.
Wortman v. Schmidt
Lawsuit filed by a voter against Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt (R) and the Pennsylvania Department of State challenging the accuracy of the state’s voter rolls.