This law could have disenfranchised hundreds of thousands of citizens, including individuals who cannot travel to Pa. Department of Transportation (PennDOT) centers because of work, limited mobility or limited resources; senior citizens whose records have been lost or destroyed over the years; veterans whose military ID cards are inadequate under the new law; and others with disabilities or limited assets for whom the law’s requirements would be unacceptably difficult to meet.
Through that trial we successfully secured a preliminary injunction of the law through the November 2012 and the May 2013 primaries. Governor Tom Corbett announced on May 8, 2014 that the state would not appeal the Commonwealth Court judge’s ruling that prohibits enforcement of Pennsylvania’s voter ID law.
Case Progress
May 2014
Governor Declines to Appeal Loss in PA Voter ID Lawsuit
April 2014
Judge Denies State’s Post-trial Motion
January 2014
Voter ID Case Inches Toward Pennsylvania Supreme Court
January 2014
Judge Rules Voter ID Law Unconstitutional
August 16, 2013
Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Law will not be Enforced while Trial Judge Deliberates
August 13, 2013
Petitioners Request Preliminary Injunction Extend through Appeal
July 2013
Trial on Permanent Injunction begins
June 2013
Pretrial Conference Held in Preparation for Trial on Permanent Injunction
April 2013
Court Grants Plaintiffs’ Request and Orders Release of Data
February 2013
Preliminary Injunction Extended through May 21, 2013 Elections
February 2013
Trial on Permanent Injunction Scheduled for July 15, 2013
October 2012
Supplemental Injunction Requested to Stop Commonwealth from Misleading Voters about ID Requirements
September 2012
Partial Preliminary Injunction Granted; No Disenfranchisement on November 6th!
September 2012
Second Commonwealth Court Hearing
September 2012
Supreme Court Send Voter ID Case Back to Commonwealth Court
August 2012
Notice of Appeal Filed
August 2012
Preliminary Injunction Denied, but Fight Continues
July 2012
Voter ID Law Debated over Seven Days of Trial
July 2012
Lawyers Issue Response to Commonwealth’s New Voter ID Plan
July 2012
Petitioners File Pre-Trial Brief for Motion for Preliminary Injunction
July 2012
Voter ID Law Disproportionately Burdens Puerto Rican Voters
July 2012
The Truth Continues to Emerge about Pennsylvania’s Photo ID Law
May 2012
Judge Denies Motion to Intervene
May 2012
Lawsuit challenging the Voter ID law filed
March 2012
Voter Id law signed by Gov. Tom Corbett
