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Commonwealth Court order says Boockvar lacked authority to extend mail-in voter ID deadline to Nov. 12
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled Thursday afternoon that Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar lacked authority to extend a deadline for mail-in voters to show proof of identification by three days, and those voters’ ballots would not be counted. -
Pa. Supreme Court taking up issue of mail-in voter signature comparison prior to Election Day
HARRISBURG – In a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided to consider if county election officials are permitted to discard mail-in ballots purely predicated on comparing the signatures of voters on ballot envelopes and registration forms, prior to Election Day in less than three weeks. -
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Judge denies Trump campaign's attempt to challenge Pa. voting laws, but appeal is coming
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge in Pittsburgh has denied an attempt by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign to overcome state laws governing mail-in voting, ballot signatures and election poll watchers, ruling it had not proved allegations of potential voter fraud statewide. -
Boockvar asks Pa. Supreme Court to use 'King's Bench' authority to intercede in Trump's mail-in ballot lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – The state’s top election official is not only seeking summary judgment in the lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign against herself and county election boards in Pennsylvania, but the intervention of the state Supreme Court, in arguing that the campaign’s claims are “legally flawed and fatally unsupported.” -
Trump campaign, opponents move for judgment in lawsuit over Pa. mail-in ballots
PITTSBURGH – The battle between President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and county election boards in Pennsylvania continues, just before the deadline in which a stay in the case can be requested to be lifted, and with less than a month to go before the presidential election on Nov. 3. -
Trump campaign update: Judge denies injunction to segregate drop-box ballots, as Pa. Supreme Court's ruling looms
PITTSBURGH – President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign will not be granted an injunction to segregate any presidential election ballots submitted in drop boxes throughout Pennsylvania since the state Supreme Court may rule on their validity prior to the election, according to a federal judge. -
Trump campaign's federal lawsuit over mail-in ballots stayed, pending decision by Commonwealth Court
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has stayed a lawsuit from President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign over mail-in ballots until at least October, in order for state courts to first resolve questions of law over the collection and tallying of such ballots. -
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Pa. election official accuses Trump campaign of perpetuating speculation of voter fraud
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for Pennsylvania’s Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar say President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign “continues to propagate speculative predictions of widespread voter fraud and vote dilution” in its lawsuit over mail-in ballots. -
'Waiting is not an option,' says Trump campaign, in fighting Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot process
PITTSBURGH – In opposing 14 separate defendant motions to dismiss or join parties to a lawsuit over mail-in ballots, President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign says it is only “attempting to ensure that the upcoming General Election is conducted uniformly and in conformity with the Election Code” and “waiting is not an option” to resolve the matter. -
Counties say Trump's mail-in issues will be resolved in state court, urge dismissal of federal lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – Boards of election in Bucks, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties are looking to dismiss litigation initiated by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign over an allegedly illegal system for submitting and counting mail-in ballots. -
Potter County the first to defend self from Trump campaign's lawsuit over mail-in ballots
PITTSBURGH – The first of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign sued for their allegedly illegal system for submitting and counting mail-in ballots has declared the complaint to be devoid of facts. -
Trump re-election campaign sues Pa. Secretary of State and all 67 county boards of election over mail-in ballots
PITTSBURGH – President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has launched litigation against the state’s election authorities, charging the current system for submitting and counting mail-in ballots is illegal. -
Republican National Committee again fighting 'sham' arbitration award over alleged voter suppression
PHILADELPHIA – A trustee of the Lincoln Charitable Trust is seeking to confirm an arbitration award under the terms of the Federal Arbitration Act against the Republican National Committee, for their alleged involvement in voter suppression efforts – an award the RNC claims is a “sham” and has been denied in five other courts. -
Attorney: Extra $5M law enforcement policy for DNC could come in handy
PHILADELPHIA – City officials took out $250 million in insurance coverage ahead of the 2016 Democratic National Convention currently running in Philadelphia, and an attorney says it is probably a good thing the City took out an extra $5 million for coverage in lawsuits against law enforcement.