PHILADELPHIA - A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled today that federal civil rights law requires Lehigh County to count 257 mail and absentee ballots that had been excluded because voters had not handwritten a date on the outer return envelope.

In a case that could impact thousands of Pennsylvania voters in future elections, the American Civil Liberties Union today urged a federal appeals court to order Lehigh County elections officials to count 257 previously disqualified mail and absentee ballots from the 2021 general election.

LANCASTER, Pa. - A Lancaster County judge ruled today that the county commissioners violated the state’s Sunshine Act when they failed to post public notice that they would be considering the removal of the county’s one mail and absentee ballot dropbox at the April meeting of the Board of Elections.

LANCASTER, Pa. - The Lancaster County commissioners failed to properly notify the public that they’d be considering removing the county’s one ballot drop box at a meeting last month, a failure that violates a Pennsylvania open-government law.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Harrisburg, alleging that the city violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments by forcing climate activists to navigate a burdensome and expensive permitting process in order to hold a festival and peaceful march.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of seven individuals incarcerated in the Lancaster County Prison (LCP) solely because they cannot afford to pay the cash bail assigned in their cases.

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed legislation to bar transgender girls and women from participating in sports based on their gender identity. The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania is among the many opponents of these bills.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has settled a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania State Police, alleging the agency ethnically profiled ten Latino drivers and passengers, who were stopped, questioned about their immigration status, and detained for prolonged periods.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A federal district court in Allentown, Pennsylvania, ruled today that the mail and absentee ballots of 257 voters from the 2021 general election in Lehigh County must be disqualified because the voters mistakenly forgot to date their return envelopes.