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Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP v. Schmidt

Filing Date:
November 4, 2022
Status:
pending
State:
Pennsylvania
Topics:
Civil Rights Act, Mail-In Voting
Most Recent Court:
U.S District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (No. 1:22-cv-00339)
Issue(s):

On November 1st the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered the county boards of elections to not count undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots. The plaintiffs ask that the defendants be prevented from rejecting these ballots. They argue that the date on which a voter signed their return envelope is immaterial because a ballot's timeliness under Pennsylvania law is determined by when it was received by the county board of elections. Thus, they argue the rejection of the ballots on these grounds violates the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act.

Case Progress:
  • Complaint 11/4/22
  • RNC and Republican Party of Pennsylvania's Motion to Intervene 11/7/22
  • RNC's Motion to Dismiss 11/7/22
  • NAACP's Brief in Opposition to Motion to Intervene 11/10/22
  • Chapman's Response to Motion to Intervene 11/10/22
  • RNC's Reply in Support of Motion to Intervene 11/11/22
  • First Amended Complaint 11/30/22
  • RNC's Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint 12/14/22
  • Chapman's Answer 1/4/23
  • Order Granting in Part RNC's Motion to Intervene 1/6/23
  • RNC's Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint for Failure to State a Claim 1/17/23
  • Plaintiffs' Reply in Position to RNC's Motion to Dismiss 2/3/23
  • RNC's Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss 2/8/23
  • Plaintiffs and Defendants' Motions for Summary Judgment 4/21/23
  • Defendants' Responses in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment 5/5/23
  • Opinion and Order Denying RNC's Motion to Dismiss 6/8/23
  • Memorandum Opinion 11/21/23
  • Order Dismissing County Board of Elections 11/21/23

District Court Documents