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Today, in a major victory for Pennsylvania voters, a federal court ruled that Pennsylvania counties must count mail-in ballots that are missing or have an incorrect date on the outer envelope.
In one of the most expensive judicial elections Pennsylvania has seen, Judge Dan McCaffery (D) won the race for the open seat on the state Supreme Court, giving Democrats a 5-2 majority.
On Thursday, Sept. 21 a Delaware County, Pennsylvania judge ruled that three voters’ provisional ballots must be included in the vote tally for Pennsylvania’s May 16, 2023 municipal primary election.
On Tuesday, Sept. 19, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) announced the start of automatic voter registration (AVR) at departments of motor vehicles (DMVs) across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
On Friday, July 7, a bar disciplinary committee concluded that Rudy Giuliani should be disbarred for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
On Tuesday, June 27, a Pennsylvania court blocked another Republican-sponsored attempt to limit mail-in voting access in the commonwealth.
On Tuesday, May 16, voters in Pennsylvania nominated two candidates for the state’s open Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Democratic Chief Justice Max Baer in October 2022.
On Thursday, March 23, a Pennsylvania court dismissed a Republican lawsuit challenging the authority of county boards of elections to develop and implement mail-in ballot cure procedures.
On March 1, a Pennsylvania state House committee removed a proposed constitutional amendment requiring proof of ID to vote from Senate Bill 1.
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued its opinion explaining its prior ruling that blocked certain mail-in ballots from being counted during the 2022 midterm elections.
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