Appeals Court Denies GOP Effort to Disenfranchise Pennsylvania Mail Voters
Emil Bove, a former personal attorney for Trump, mocked the idea that the state’s date requirement might impose a burden on some voters.
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Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges
The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals.
DOJ Sues Six States, Escalating Campaign to Seize Private Voter Data
The DOJ has now sued eight states to gain access to their private voter data.
In Big Win for Voters, Pennsylvania Must Count Undated Mail-In Ballots, Court Rules
A federal circuit court upheld a lower court ruling Tuesday that requires Pennsylvania to count undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots, finding that a previous law rejecting such ballots violated the First and 14th Amendments.
A Double Win For Voters in Pennsylvania
Courts delivered wins for Pennsylvania voters Friday in two different right-wing disenfranchisement efforts.
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.
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