Late on Monday, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging Pennsylvania’s extended deadline for counties to receive mail and absentee ballots, turning back an appeal by the state Republican party.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled today that state law allows county bureaus of elections to set up drop boxes and satellite offices to accept mail and absentee ballots.

As people in Lancaster, Pa., continue to make their frustrations and fury with city police known after a police officer killed Ricardo Muñoz on Sunday, a county magisterial district judge on Monday set exorbitantly high cash bail for several protesters who were arrested.

A federal appeals court has struck down a policy of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority that forbids advertising regarding issues of public debate on SEPTA vehicles and properties.

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed legislation today making major changes to the commonwealth’s election laws, a move that the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania fears will create confusion for voters and could lead to people being disenfranchised in November’s election.

Four nonpartisan advocacy groups and three voters from Allegheny County have asked a state court in Pennsylvania to rule that they may intervene in an election-related lawsuit filed by the state Democratic Party.