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Through the Jeffrey Golan & Frances Vilella-Vélez Voting Justice Project, we protect every citizen’s right to vote by modernizing Pennsylvania’s election system and challenging discriminatory barriers to the ballot box

Viviette Applewhite, a client from our Voter ID case, which successfully stopped a law that could have disenfranchised hundreds of thousands of citizens in Pennsylvania.

News

  • Voting Rights Groups File Suit at Pa. Supreme Court to Stop Enforcement of Handwritten Date Rule for Mail Ballot Return Envelopes
  • Washington County voters bring legal action against county for mail ballot disqualification
  • Advocates for voters sue Pennsylvania for rejecting thousands of mail-in ballots due to inconsequential handwritten date mistakes
  • Voting rights advocates sue Butler County for denying voters the opportunity to fix mail ballot errors
  • We sent a letter to Washington County urging them to notify voters of mail-in ballot clerical mistakes
  • Community Organizations Stand up for Philadelphia Voters in Court Filing Opposed to Unaccountable State-Appointed SEPTA Prosecutor
  • Pennsylvania advocates for older voters file amicus brief in support of fair mail-in voting rules
  • In a victory for voters, a Delaware County Court has ruled that provisional ballots must be counted after their mail-in ballots were rejected
  • More News

Current Cases & Projects

  • Protecting Our Right to Vote in 2024
  • Keystone Votes: The Coalition for Modern Elections

Past Cases & Projects

  • Count every vote: Provisional ballots in Delaware County
  • Protecting Our Right to Vote in 2020
  • Ending Prison Gerrymandering
  • A Fair Absentee Ballot System: Adams Jones et al. v. Boockvar
  • Pennsylvania Redistricting Lawsuit
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