Pennsylvania Democratic Party v. Boockvar
| Issue | Whether a decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court requiring the state to count mail-in ballots received up to three days after Election Day, as long as they are not clearly postmarked after Election Day, violates federal election law and the Constitution. |
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| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Status | Emergency request for injunction of mail-in ballot extension denied by U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 19, 2020; Petition for full review pending |
Coverage and Analysis
- Democrats file lawsuit to "protect the franchise of absentee and mail-in voters" (Penn Live Patriot-News)
- Pennsylvania aims to move election fight to state high court (AP)
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court extends vote by mail deadline, allows drop boxes (NPR)
- Pennsylvania Republicans plan to appeal mail ballot deadline ruling to U.S. Supreme Court (Washington Post)
- Pennsylvania GOP leaders ask justices to block order on counting absentee ballots after Election Day
- Supreme Court leaves in place order requiring Pennsylvania to count absentee ballots after Election Day
- Pennsylvania Republicans return to Supreme Court to challenge extended deadline for mail-in ballots
- Court will not weigh in on Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot deadline before election
- Trump campaign asks to enter Pennsylvania mail-in ballot challenge
- The dilemma of the Pennsylvania injunction request
Proceedings and Orders
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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| 07/10/2020 | Complaint filed by Pennsylvania Democratic Party, et al., in commonwealth court |
| 08/16/2020 | Application for intervention by Pennsylvania Supreme Court filed by Kathy Boockvar, secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
| 09/17/2020 | Opinion issued by Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
| 09/22/2020 | Application for stay filed by leading Republican state officials |
| 09/24/2020 |