Most Voters with Mail Ballot Mistakes Cast Qualified Ballot
A new analysis by ACLU-PA found that a majority of voters who made disqualifying error on their mail ballot packet either cured the mistake so their ballot would count or voted by provisional ballot at the polls on Election Day 2024.
On June 13, 2024, ACLU-PA filed a lawsuit against Governor Josh Shapiro and the leadership of the state General Assembly over the commonwealth’s inadequate public defense...
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May 28, 2024
Black Political Empowerment Project v. Schmidt
Voting Rights
Status: Closed
On May 28, 2024, ACLU-PA filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the commonwealth’s requirement that voters who submit mail ballots include a handwritten date on the voter declaration on the...
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Apr 29, 2024
Genser and Matis v. Butler County Board of Elections
Voting Rights
Status: Victory!
On April 29, 2024, ACLU-PA, Public Interest Law Center, and the law firm Dechert LLP sued Butler County on behalf of two voters whose provisional ballots were rejected by the board of elections in the 2024...
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Mar 4, 2024
Krasner, et al. v. Henry
Voting Rights
Status: Filed
The ACLU of Pennsylvania has filed an amicus brief on behalf of a number of criminal legal reform and voting rights advocacy organizations in a lawsuit brought by...
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Feb 27, 2024
ACLU of Pennsylvania, et al. v. York County Board of Elections
Voting Rights
Status: Filed
The ACLU of Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas in York, PA over the York County Board of Elections’ refusal to allow nonpartisan observers to witness the official canvass of the...
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Dec 4, 2023
Thompkins, et al v. City of McKeesport Police Department, et al
Police Practices
Status: Filed
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas against the city of McKeesport, Allegheny County, and numerous named and unnamed police...