New PA Project Education Fund v. Schmidt
What's at Stake
On September 25, 2024, 10 organizations filed a suit in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, asking the court to stop enforcement of the commonwealth鈥檚 requirement that voters include an irrelevant handwritten date on the outer return envelope of their mail ballot packets or else be disenfranchised.
Summary
Represented by the 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania, 老澳门开奖结果, Public Interest Law Center, and law firm Arnold & Porter, various advocacy and voting-rights groups have asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to use its 鈥淜ing鈥檚 Bench鈥� authority to conclusively hold that disqualifying timely received ballots with a missing or incorrect handwritten date violates the rights of voters protected by the Pennsylvania Constitution. The "King's Bench" power allows the state Supreme Court to hear cases of public importance without first going through the lower courts.
The organizations that filed the lawsuit are New PA Project Education Fund, The State Conference of the NAACP, Common Cause Pennsylvania, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, Black Political Empowerment Project, POWER Interfaith, Make the Road Pennsylvania, OnePA Activists United, Casa San Jos猫, and Pittsburgh United.
Update: On October 5, 2024, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied review of the case without reaching the merits.
Legal Documents
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10/05/2024
Dissenting Statement of Justice Todd -
10/05/2024
Concurring Statement of Justice Brobson -
10/05/2024
Justice Donohue Statement in Support of Denial -
10/05/2024
Order Denying King's Bench Request -
09/27/2024
Respondent Washington County Board of Elections' Response to Petitioner's Application for Extraordinary Relief -
09/26/2024
Proposed Republican Intervenors' Application for Leave to Intervene -
09/26/2024
Respondents Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, and Philadelphia County Board of Elections' Response to Petitioner's Application for Extraordinary Relief -
09/26/2024
Respondent Greene County Board of Elections' Response to Petitioner's Application for Extraordinary Relief -
09/26/2024
Secretary of the Commonwealth's Response to the Application for the Exercise of King's Bench Jurisdiction -
09/25/2024
Application for Extraordinary Relief Under the Court's King's Bench Jurisdiction
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Date Filed: 09/27/2024
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Date Filed: 09/25/2024
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