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League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar
Closed. Settled and/or Withdrawn
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar, No. 2:20-cv-03850 (E.D. Pa.) |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiffs League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, and individual voters sued state and county officials. Plaintiffs alleged that Pennsylvania’s failure to provide, on a uniform and statewide basis, absentee and mail-in voters with any opportunity to cure signature-related deficiencies with their absentee or mail-in ballot violated the procedural due process requirement of the Fourteenth Amendment, that the unreliable signature-verification process unduly burdened the right to vote in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendment, and that Pennsylvania’s unreliable and error-prone signature-verification procedures violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Plaintiffs requested DJ and PI ordering defendants to establish a procedure4 by which voters may cure deficiencies in their absentee or mail-in ballots. | |
| Filed | 08/07/2020 | |
| State | Pennsylvania | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Third Circuit | |
| Status | Closed. Settled and/or Withdrawn | |
| Last Updated | 03/13/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Notice/Cure for Mismatches Missing Signature or Mistakes) | |
| Complaint(s) | 08/07/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 09/14/2020: Order/Ruling, Plaintiffs filed for dismissal in response to new guidance issued on 9/11/20 by the Secretary that "The Pennsylvania Election Code does not authorize the county board of elections to set aside returned absentee or mail-in ballots based solely on signature analysis by the county board of elections.” | |
