A Double Win For Voters in Pennsylvania
Courts delivered wins for Pennsylvania voters Friday in two different right-wing disenfranchisement efforts.
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Pennsylvania Must Count Undated Mail-In Ballots, Federal Court Rules
A federal judge ruled Monday that Pennsylvania must count undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots, finding that a previous law rejecting such ballots violated the First and 14th Amendments.
Right Wing Group Drops Commonwealth As Defendant In Legal Effort To Purge Voters
Litigation continues with Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt (R) and AFT Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans as defendants.
Gov. Josh Shapiro Says Over $2 Billion of Federal Funding Is Unfrozen for Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said Monday that the more than $2 billion in federal funding for his state has been unfrozen after he filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
RNC Asks SCOTUS To Take Up Appeal To Restrict Provisional Voting in Pennsylvania
The Republican National Committee (RNC) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal of an October 2024 Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision allowing voters to cast provisional ballots on Election Day if their timely received mail-in ballots are disqualified due to a technical mistake.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Revisit Mail-In Ballot Date Dispute; SCOTUS Declines Case
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to weigh the issue of whether disqualifying mail-in ballots with incorrect or missing outer envelope dates violates the state constitution.
Casey Concedes to McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate Race Amid Lawsuits
Democratic Incumbent Sen. Bob Casey conceded on Thursday to his GOP challenger David McCormick in the Pennsylvania Senate race amid a barrage of lawsuits on both sides.
The Election Legal Challenges in Pennsylvania, Explained
Nearly 20 lawsuits, from Republicans and Democrats, have been filed to determine which ballots should and shouldn’t be counted.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reaffirms Mail-in Ballots With Date Issues Won’t Count
In a divided ruling issued today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court once again reaffirmed that mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect outer envelope dates cast in the November 2024 election cannot be counted.
Pennsylvania Department of State Calls for Recount in U.S. Senate Race
The Pennsylvania Department of State ordered a recount to be conducted in the state’s U.S. Senate race, since the margin is less than 0.5%, triggering an automatic recount.
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