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Advocates Urge Lancaster County to Follow the Law and Honor Valid Student Voter Registrations Ahead of Deadline

Two leading voting rights organizations are urging all Pennsylvania counties to follow the law and honor valid student voter registrations ahead of tomorrow’s deadline to register in Pennsylvania.

ACLU of Pa. Releases County-By-County Analysis of Mail Ballot Processes

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania today released a county-by-county analysis of which county elections offices notify voters of errors and permit them to correct those errors before polls close on Election Day, a process called “notice and cure.”

ACLU of Pennsylvania Files Lawsuit Over Removal of Mail Ballot Drop Boxes in Luzerne County

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Luzerne County voters and In This Together NEPA over the county manager’s decision to remove all mail ballot drop boxes ahead of the 2024 general election. 

Voting Rights Groups File Suit at Pa. Supreme Court to Stop Enforcement of Handwritten Date Rule for Mail Ballot Return Envelopes

Voting rights advocacy groups filed a new lawsuit today in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, asking the court to stop county election boards from disqualifying mail ballots submitted by voters who did not include a “correct” handwritten date on the return envelope.

Pa. Commonwealth Court Upholds Decision Requiring Washington County to Inform Voters of Mail Ballot Errors

A three-judge panel of Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court today upheld a county court decision requiring Washington County to inform voters of errors with their mail ballots.

Pa. Voters Decide Coalition Responds to GOP’s State Supreme Court Filing to End Counties’ Notice-and-Cure Policies

Pennsylvania Voters Decide responded today to a legal filing by the Republican National Committee to stop counties in the commonwealth from informing voters of disqualifying errors with their mail ballots and offering them the chance to correct the mistake so that their ballot will be counted.

ACLU and Public Interest Law Center Respond to State Court Decision in Lawsuit on Handwritten Date Requirement for Mail Ballots

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today vacated a ruling in favor of the Black Political Empowerment Project and other nonpartisan community organizations in their case seeking to end the disqualification of mail in ballots based on a common trivial error on the external envelopes.

Pa. Commonwealth Court Rules to Count Provisional Ballots from Mail Voters Who Forgot Secrecy Envelope

A three-judge panel of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled that Butler County had no legal basis to disqualify the provisional ballots of two mail voters who forgot to include the secrecy envelope with their ballot return packets in the 2024 primary election.

Public Interest Law Center and ACLU of Pa. Respond to Ruling in Butler County ‘Naked Ballot’ Case

ACLU-PA and Public Interest Law Center jointly responded to a ruling by the Butler County Court of Common Pleas in its case regarding ‘naked ballots’ and access to provisional ballots. The court ruled against the two voters who brought the case.