PENNSYLVANIA STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP et al v. SCHMIDT et al

  1. December 04, 2023

    Candidate Says Pa. Mail-In Ruling Changed Election Results

    A candidate for a Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, election said a federal court's order to count undated mail-in ballots had changed the outcome of his race and entitled him to join an upcoming appeal, but the plaintiffs told the court Monday that his request for a stay was too late.

  2. November 21, 2023

    Judge Says Undated Pa. Mail-In Ballots Should Count

    A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday that counties should count mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect dates on their outer envelopes, since the date was not material to proving a voter's eligibility and could not be grounds for tossing a ballot under federal civil rights law.

  3. August 23, 2023

    Pa. Voting Groups Want Undated-Ballot Suit To Stay Alive

    Pennsylvania voters and voting-rights groups want a federal judge to move ahead with their challenge to a state requirement that mail-in ballots have a "correct" handwritten date on their return envelopes, arguing in a brief that even though the state's top election officials agree the date requirement is immaterial, counties were still enforcing it.

  4. July 17, 2023

    Pennsylvania Cases To Watch In 2023: A Midyear Report

    A record-setting medical malpractice verdict, litigation over mail-in ballot envelopes, alleged racial discrimination by Sesame Place characters and COVID-19 coverage lawsuits have made for some of the most high-profile cases in Pennsylvania so far this year.

  5. February 06, 2023

    DOJ Comes Out Against Pa. Mail Ballot Date Requirement

    The U.S. Department of Justice has weighed in on a lawsuit seeking to strike down the requirement that Pennsylvania's mail-in ballots must have a handwritten signature and date on their outer envelopes in order to be counted, joining the NAACP, voting rights groups and state officials in arguing that the date is not "material" to showing that a voter is eligible.

  6. January 02, 2023

    6 Pennsylvania Cases To Watch In 2023

    Pennsylvania-based cases that may be decided in 2023 will determine whether to count undated or misdated mail-in votes, if college athletes are "employees" of their institutions who can seek pay for their performances, and where companies can be sued within the Keystone State — if they're subject to its courts' jurisdiction at all.

  7. November 08, 2022

    Pa. Voters, Republican Orgs Want In On Election Suit

    A group of nine Pennsylvania voters and Republican Party organizations asked a Pennsylvania federal court on Monday to let them intervene in an election lawsuit filed by voting rights groups over the handling of undated and misdated mail-in ballots, arguing that the state Supreme Court's decision to set aside those votes should be upheld.

  8. November 07, 2022

    Pa. Dems, Voter Groups Sue To Count Undated Mail-In Votes

    Two federal lawsuits brought by voter advocacy groups, Democratic organizations and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's Senate campaign against Pennsylvania state and county election officials are seeking to revive a previously vacated argument that throwing out mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect dates violates federal civil rights law.