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Federal Court Rules Against Lehigh County Voters, Disqualifies Ballots With Undated Return Envelopes

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.

ACLU-PA Asks Federal Court to Order Disqualified 2021 Ballots in Lehigh County to be Counted

EASTON, Pa. - The ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against Lehigh County to require the county to count 257 mail-in ballots from the 2021 general election that were disqualified only because they were missing the handwritten date on the outer envelope.

ACLU-PA Statement on Commonwealth Court Ruling on Vote-By-Mail

HARRISBURG - Today, a Commonwealth Court judge overturned the 2019 law that made vote-by-mail possible in Pennsylvania. In the 2020 general election alone, nearly three million Pennsylvanians took advantage of the law to vote in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ACLU-PA Statement in Response to Commonwealth Court Ruling in Election Review Case

HARRISBURG - A series of lawsuits challenging subpoenas issued by the Pennsylvania Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee will continue, after a ruling today from Commonwealth Court denying “summary relief” to all parties in the litigation.

ACLU-PA Asks Court to Enforce Open Records Request Over Election Review in Fulton County

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against the Fulton County commissioners to compel compliance with a September 2021 order by the Office of Open Records to produce all records related to Fulton County’s review of its election results and voting machines.

Voters and Advocates Argue for Privacy Rights in Asking Commonwealth Court to Halt Senate Republicans’ Election Subpoenas

Eight voters and three advocacy organizations stood up for the right to privacy of all nine million registered voters in Pennsylvania at a proceeding before the Commonwealth Court today in Harrisburg.

Voters Tell State Judge That They Should Be Able to Join AG’s Lawsuit Over Release of Personal Data to PA Senators

Eight voters and three community organizations took their argument to Commonwealth Court today in their effort to join a lawsuit challenging a subpoena issued by a state Senate committee to the Department of State seeking the personally identifying information of every registered voter.

Advocates and Voters Ask to Join Election Review Lawsuit Against the PA Senate to Defend Voters’ Privacy Rights

A coalition of good government and civil rights advocates and eight voters filed a petition in state court to join the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s lawsuit against state Senate Republicans’ attempt to obtain private information about the commonwealth’s registered voters.

Voting Rights Advocates’ Statement in Response to Appeals Court Ruling in Trump v. Boockvar

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia upheld a district court ruling that denied President Trump’s attempt to block certification of Pennsylvania’s election results and to discard valid and legally cast ballots, dealing a near-fatal blow to the Trump campaign’s attempt to interfere with democracy.