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Young Artists Invited to Make Due Process Visible in Statewide Art Contest

Today, the ACLU of Pennsylvania launched Due Something: Inspire Justice, a statewide, multidisciplinary art contest inviting young creatives to explore and reimagine one of the most powerful promises in American democracy: due process.

Voting Rights Organizations Respond to Sen. Dave McCormick’s False Account of Chester County

The following statement is in direct response to Sen. Dave McCormick's claims about the Chester County voter rolls incident and can be attributed to the ACLU of Pennsylvania, New Pennsylvania Project, and the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Voters, Civil Rights Groups Seek to Halt DOJ Attempts to Seize Pennsylvania Voter Data

League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, Common Cause, and individual PA voters move to intervene in DOJ lawsuit
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

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.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

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.