Republicans File Lawsuit Challenging Ballot Cure Procedures in Pennsylvania
Multiple Republican organizations filed a lawsuit challenging the ability of Pennsylvania county boards of elections to develop and implement ballot curing procedures.
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Multiple Republican organizations filed a lawsuit challenging the ability of Pennsylvania county boards of elections to develop and implement ballot curing procedures.
On Thursday, Sept. 1, President Joe Biden delivered a speech on the “soul of the nation” and ongoing threats to democracy.
All three counties at the center of a Pennsylvania lawsuit have now certified their primary election results to include undated mail-in ballots.
On Tuesday, Aug. 23, the Luzerne County Council rejected a proposal that would have placed restrictions on the use of the ballot drop boxes in the county in future elections.
On Friday, Aug. 19, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ordered three Pennsylvania counties — Berks, Fayette and Lancaster — to certify totals for the May 2022 primary election including undated mail-in ballots.
On Friday, Aug. 5, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) filed a motion to intervene in Bonner v. Chapman.
On Tuesday, Aug. 2, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the state’s no-excuse mail-in voting law, Act 77, which passed in 2019 with bipartisan support to expand mail-in voting access.
On Wednesday, July 20, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of Pennsylvania Republican state lawmakers against Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Leigh M. Chapman (D) challenging Act 77 of the Pennsylvania Election Code, a 2019 law that largely expanded mail-in voting in the Commonwealth.
On Monday, July 11, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) signed into law a portion of the state’s new budget that includes rules for election funding.
On July 11, Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Leigh Chapman (D) and the Pennsylvania Department of State sued three county boards of elections (Berks, Fayette and Lancaster) for their failure to include valid undated mail-in ballots in election certification totals for the 2022 primary election.