The court denied the GOP's motion for a stay in Genser v. Butler County Board of Elections, requiring Pa. counties to count provisional ballots from voters who make disqualifying errors on their mail ballot return packets.
This report by the ACLU of Pennsylvania illustrates how the General Assembly passes duplicative offenses and harsher penalties in every legislative session. This bloating of the criminal code undermines a person's right to a fair trial and diminishes the power of judges in exchange for more power in the hands of prosecutors, who use the threat of many charges to strong arm people in plea deals.