U.S. Supreme Court (20-845) - This page includes U.S. Supreme Court documents for the related cases of In Re: 2,349 Ballots in the 2020 General Election; In Re: Canvass of Absentee and Mail-In Ballots; and In Re: November 3, 2020 General Election
Issue(s):
Whether the Philadelphia County Board of Elections provided meaningful access to the ballot canvassing process to political party observers
Whether instructions sent by Pennsylvania's Secretary of State to county election officials about providing information to party and candidate representatives during the pre-canvass of voters whose ballots were rejected violated Pennsylvania law
Plaintiffs brought suit against the Registrar of Voters for Clark County. Technical difficulties resulted in several voting locations in Clark County failing to open at the required time of 7:00am. Plaintiffs asked for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief asking the Court to direct the Registrar to keep the affected locations open until 8:00pm, an hour later than their scheduled poll closing times.
Whether the defendant failed to ensure that representatives of both political parties were present at the Absent Vote Counting Board as required by Michigan law, and whether the defendant unlawfully "cured" deficient ballots
Whether the Chatham County Board of Elections failed to safely store absentee ballots received after 7:00 p.m. on Election Day and counted absentee ballots received after 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, in violation of Georgia law
Whether Michigan's Secretary of State unlawfully failed to provide an opportunity for an election inspector of each political party to be present at each absent voter counting board
Whether Maricopa County poll workers violated Arizona law by providing voters "sharpies" as ballot-marking devices, which allegedly caused markings to bleed through ballots and the ballots to be cancelled
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2:20-cv-05533)
Issue(s):
Whether the Philadelphia County Board of Elections is allowing party representatives to observe the ballot-counting process as required by Pennsylvania law
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