Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
What's at Stake
The 老澳门开奖结果 and partners intervened in a Trump-campaign lawsuit that attempted to block the certification of the Pennsylvania Nov. 3 election results. On November 21, 2020, the district court dismissed the lawsuit, noting it was "presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations ... unsupported by evidence." "In the United States of America," District Judge William Brann added, "this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state."
Summary
On November 9, 2020, President Trump鈥檚 campaign filed a federal lawsuit against Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar and the boards of elections of six counties. The Trump campaign claimed that its election observers were unable to stand close enough to watch the count of mail and absentee ballots in several counties. The campaign also asserted that it was illegal and unconstitutional for only some counties to notify and allow voters to correct mistakes with the declarations on the envelopes of their mail and absentee ballots. The lawsuit asked the court to issue an order to prohibit the commonwealth from certifying its presidential election results.
On November 10, the 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania, and co-counsel filed a motion to intervene in the case on behalf of eight impacted voters, Black Political Empowerment Project, Common Cause PA, League of Women Voters of PA, and NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference, which the judge granted on November 12. We then filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the Plaintiffs鈥 claims about technical irregularities could and should have been brought in state court earlier in the process, when they could have been cured, and that even if there were minor technical problems the Plaintiffs have produced no evidence of fraud or ineligible voters casting ballots to justify disenfranchising a single voter, much less 6.8 million.
On November 21, Judge William Brann dismissed the lawsuit, saying, 鈥(T)his Court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations...unsupported by evidence. In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state.鈥 On November 27, the Third Circuit upheld the district court鈥檚 decision.
Legal Documents
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11/27/2020
Third Circuit Order
Date Filed: 11/27/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/21/2020
ORDER
Date Filed: 11/21/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/13/2020
Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar: Motion to Dismiss
Date Filed: 11/13/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/13/2020
Declaration of Meril Lara in Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
Date Filed: 11/13/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/13/2020
Declaration of Joseph Ayeni in Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
Date Filed: 11/13/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/13/2020
Declaration of Natalie Zaslow Price in Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
Date Filed: 11/13/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/13/2020
Declaration of Richard Morales Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
Date Filed: 11/13/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/13/2020
Declaration of Lucia Gajda in Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
Date Filed: 11/13/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/13/2020
Declaration of Stephanie Nicole Higgins in Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
Date Filed: 11/13/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/13/2020
Declaration of Terri E. Griffin in Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
Date Filed: 11/13/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/13/2020
Declaration of Kenneth L. Huston in Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
Date Filed: 11/13/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/13/2020
Declaration of Tim Stevens in Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
Date Filed: 11/13/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/13/2020
Declaration of Suzanne Almeida in Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
Date Filed: 11/13/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
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11/13/2020
Motion to Intervene in Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar
Date Filed: 11/13/2020
Affiliate: Pennsylvania
Press Releases
Voting Rights Advocates鈥 Statement in Response to Appeals Court Ruling in Trump v. Boockvar
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump's Attempt to Disenfranchise 7 Million Pennsylvania Voters