Pennsylvania Judge Denies GOP Request To Limit Drop Boxes in Lehigh County
On Tuesday, Oct. 18, a Pennsylvania judge denied a Republican request to alter the rules regulating the use of drop boxes throughout Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
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On Tuesday, Oct. 18, a Pennsylvania judge denied a Republican request to alter the rules regulating the use of drop boxes throughout Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
On Wednesday, Oct. 19, Democratic groups filed a motion to intervene in a Republican-sponsored lawsuit to prevent the counting of wrongly dated mail-in ballots and undated mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania.
On Wednesday, Oct. 12, the full bench of judges on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court heard oral arguments in a Republican case challenging Act 77, a 2019 law that largely expanded mail-in voting in the commonwealth.
On Tuesday, Oct. 11, the Pennsylvania acting secretary of state released a statement about undated mail-in ballots in response to a U.S. Supreme Court order issued earlier in the day.
On Tuesday, Oct. 11, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated (meaning voided) a decision by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that required Pennsylvania to count mail-in ballots that were previously rejected for lacking handwritten dates next to voters’ declaration signatures on the outer ballot envelopes.
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, a right-wing organization called Look Ahead America announced plans for a pre-election audit of voting lists in nine states that feature some of the most competitive elections this year.
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Look Ahead America, an organization founded by members of former President Donald Trump’s campaign, announced plans for a pre-election audit of voting lists in nine states.
On Thursday, Sept. 29, a Pennsylvania judge denied a request by the Republican National Committee (RNC) and others to temporarily block the authority of county boards of elections to develop and implement mail-in ballot cure procedures.
On Friday, Sept. 23, the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans (the Alliance) filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by a conservative group, America First Legal, on behalf of voters challenging the use of drop boxes in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
On Sept. 22, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania heard arguments regarding the RNC’s challenge to cure procedures in the Commonwealth.