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Victory for Democracy as State Supreme Court Rules Washington County Must Alert Voters Whose Mail Ballots Contain Errors

On Friday, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the lower court’s decision that the Washington County Board of Elections must inform voters if they have made a disqualifying error on their mail ballot packets.

ACLU-PA Responds to DOJ’s Lawsuit Pressuring States to Turn Over Unredacted Voter Rolls

The ACLU-PA will stand with voters to protect their constitutional right to privacy against the federal government’s illegal fishing expedition for highly personal information.

ACLU and ACLU of PA Launch $500K Campaign to Raise Awareness About State Supreme Court Retention Election

The ACLU and ACLU of Pennsylvania are launching a campaign to educate voters ahead of the pivotal state Supreme Court retention elections this November.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

PA Supreme Court To Hear Arguments in ACLU-PA’s Case Over Mail Ballot Date Errors

The ACLU-PA will maintain its argument that the Free and Equal Elections Clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution protects voters from being disenfranchised for meaningless paperwork mistakes.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

More Than 9,000 Pa. Voters Cast Valid Ballots After Making Mail Voting Mistakes in 2024 Election, According to ACLU Analysis

PHILADELPHIA - A new analysis by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has found that more than 9,000 people were able to cast ballots that were counted in the 2024 general election in the commonwealth after first making disqualifying mistakes on their mail ballots.

PA Voters Decide Statement in Response to York County Rejection of Challenges to Mail Ballots from Pennsylvanians Abroad

This afternoon the York County board of elections voted 3-0 to dismiss challenges to mail ballots submitted by Pennsylvanians living overseas, ensuring the counting of ballots from more than 300 York Countians who reside abroad.

Pro-Voter Coalition Responds to Illegal, Unfair Challenges to Overseas Voters in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. - PA Voters Decide responded today to reports of several thousand challenges to mail ballot applications submitted by Pennsylvanians living abroad.

ACLU and Public Interest Law Center Comment on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Pennsylvania Voting Challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to stay a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that allows voters whose mail ballots have been rejected because of a paperwork mistake to vote a provisional ballot on Election Day and have that provisional ballot counted.

Chester County, Pa., Hearing Proves Mass Mail Ballot Application Challenges are Illegal, Say Voting Rights Advocates

Pennsylvania Voters Decide, a coalition of more than 50 pro-voting rights organizations, responded today to a hearing in Chester County over challenges to more than 200 mail ballot applications.