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Donald J. Trump for President Inc. v. Montgomery County Bd. of Elections (In re Canvass of Absentee and Mail-In Ballots of Nov. 3, 2020 Gen. Election)
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Donald J. Trump for President Inc. v. Montgomery County Bd. of Elections (In re Canvass of Absentee and Mail-In Ballots of Nov. 3, 2020 Gen. Election), No. 2020-18680 (Penn. Ct. Common Pleas) |
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| Case Summary | Petitioners, Donald J. Trump for President, the RNC, Heidelbaugh for Attorney General, Garrity for PA, and Republican state house candidate Daniel Wissert, request that the Court reverse the purported decision by the Montgomery Court Board of Elections to deny Petitioners' objections to counting absentee ballots that fail to include all of the required information (i.e. signature, address, and/or date of execution) on the outer declaration envelope. Petitioners objected to 600 such ballots and claim this decision is in violation of 25 P.S. sections 3146.6(a) and 3150.16(a). | |
| Filed | 11/05/2020 | |
| State | Pennsylvania | |
| Type of Court | State | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 02/25/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Other Vote-by-Mail Issue) Failure to Enforce VBM Standards |
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| Complaint(s) | 11/05/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 11/13/2020: Order/Ruling, The court agreed with the Montgomery County Board of Election's interpretation of the Election Code. The law does not require that voters provide their addresses on the declaration envelope. The 592 ballots will be counted. | |
