Seven voters, the Center for Coalfield Justice (CCJ), and the Washington Branch NAACP filed a lawsuit against Washington County over the board of elections’ new policy to deliberately conceal information about which voters had made disqualifying errors on their mail-in ballot envelopes.

A statewide coalition of nonpartisan community organizations sued Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt and election officials in Philadelphia and Allegheny County, demanding an end to the disqualification of mail-in ballots for inconsequential date errors.

BUTLER, Pa. - Two Butler County voters sued the county today for not counting their provisional ballots in this month’s primary election.

PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court in Philadelphia today overturned a district court ruling to count mail ballots from eligible voters that are received on time but without a handwritten date or the incorrect date on the outer return envelope.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against York County over the county’s Board of Elections’ refusal to allow nonpartisan observers to witness the canvass of the vote during the 2023 election cycle. 

A federal court in western Pennsylvania ruled today that voters who submit mail ballots in time to be counted in an election — but who mistakenly forget to handwrite a date on the return envelope or write the wrong date — must have their ballots counted.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania, Common Cause PA, All Voting is Local, PA Voice, Action Together NEPA, and PA Stands Up sent an open letter to Northampton County, calling on the county to provide clarity on the voting machine programming error that occurred affecting two judicial retention questions.

Today, the Pennsylvania Senate passed two state constitutional amendments that threaten to roll back democracy in the commonwealth. 

HARRISBURG – Today, the ACLU of Pennsylvania and POWER Interfaith filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit brought by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner opposing impeachment proceedings in the state legislature during the current lame duck session.