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Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Schmidt

LWVPA filed an amicus brief urging a federal court to reject attempts to force disclosure of voters’ personal information.

Fighting Voter Suppression / March 3, 2026 / Case Active

Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections

LWVPA filed a motion to intervene and then an amicus brief to defend its claims in a parallel case related to mail ballots, PA NAACP v. Schmidt.

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / October 15, 2025 / Case Active

United States of America v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

LWV of Pennsylvania moved to intervene on behalf of voters to defend voter privacy after the United States Department of Justice sued the state demanding it turn over its unredacted voter file.

Defending Democracy / Fighting Voter Suppression / October 9, 2025 / Case Active

Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP v. Chapman (now Schmidt)

LWVPA and co-plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit to count mail ballots that were returned and properly sealed by the statutory deadline but were rejected for being incorrectly dated

Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / January 21, 2025 / Case Active

Black Political Empowerment Project v. Schmidt

LWV Pennsylvania filed a state court case arguing that rejecting timely mail ballots for errors in or omission of a date on the return envelope violated the state constitution

Elections / September 19, 2024 / Case Closed

Commonwealth v. Dush (consolidated as Costa v. Corman)

LWV Pennsylvania and partners moved to intervene on behalf of voters in a lawsuit contesting a subpoena for the personal information of almost nine million registered voters

Elections / February 21, 2024 / Case Closed

Pennsylvania Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee v. Pennsylvania Department of State

LWV Pennsylvania intervened in a case brought by a Pennsylvania Senate committee seeking a court order requiring the release of millions of voter records

Elections / May 12, 2023 / Case Closed

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

LWV Pennsylvania moved to intervene on behalf of voters in a lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch seeking to purge voters from voter rolls.

Fighting Voter Suppression / May 11, 2023 / Case Closed

Wolf v. General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

LWV Pennsylvania filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit challenging several proposed state constitutional amendments

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / Reproductive Justice / April 17, 2023 / Case Closed

Ball v. Chapman

LWV of Pennsylvania and partners filed an amicus brief advocating that timely received mail and absentee ballots with dating errors or omissions should be counted

Elections / Fighting Voter Suppression / February 8, 2023 / Case Closed