The Lancaster County commissioners failed to properly notify the public at least 24 hours in advance that they would be considering the elimination of their one ballot dropbox at their April meeting, as...
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Apr 29, 2022
Better Path Coalition v. City of Harrisburg
First Amendment Rights
On April 29, 2022, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Harrisburg, alleging that the city violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments by forcing...
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Apr 25, 2022
H.C. et al. v. Chudzik et al.
Criminal Justice Reform
Magisterial district judges (MDJs) in Lancaster County regularly set cash bail without considering a person’s ability to pay, leading to the unconstitutional and unnecessary pretrial incarceration of...
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Feb 18, 2022
McLinko v. Commonwealth (Bonner v. Commonwealth)
Voting Rights
Status: Amicus Brief
The consolidated lawsuits McLinko v. Commonwealth and Bonner v. Commonwealth are state constitutional challenges to Act 77 of 2019. That law implemented numerous election law reforms, including no-excuse...
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Jan 31, 2022
Migliori et al. v. Lehigh County Board of Elections
Voting Rights
Status: Closed
On January 31, 2022, the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Lehigh County to require the county to count 257 mail-in ballots from the 2021 general election that were...
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Jan 10, 2022
FOIA Request Regarding ICE Philadelphia Field Office Enforcement
The ACLU of Pennsylvania and Juntos have filed a Freedom Of Information Act request with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding the enforcement...