LDF’s Executive Director Testifies at Congressional Committee Hearing
Last month, LDF’s Executive Director, Lisa Dixon, testified before the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections in a hearing titled “American Confidence in Elections: Ensuring Every Eligible American has the Opportunity to Vote – and for their Vote to Count According to Law.” Ms. Dixon informed the Subcommittee that voter…
LDF Files Amici in Pennsylvania Materiality Lawsuits
On May 25, 2023, Lawyers Democracy Fund filed amicus briefs in support of granting summary judgment against the plaintiffs in two Pennsylvania cases, Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP v. Schmidt and Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections. The cases are similar, challenging the state’s decision to not count…
LDF-Backed Lawsuit Featured by The Federalist
Election Day 2022 was a disaster in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. A massive failure by the county to provide enough paper ballots caused voting difficulties across the county. In an order extending the poll hours, Judge Lisa Gelb wrote that voters “were disenfranchised and denied the fundamental right to vote.” …
North Carolina Supreme Court Strikes Down Reasonable Voter ID Law on Partisan Grounds
The assault on voter ID in North Carolina continues. On Friday, December 16, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated opinion in Holmes v. Moore, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina’s law requiring photo ID to vote. Lawyers Democracy Fund filed an amicus brief…
LDF Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Moore v. Harper
On Tuesday, Lawyers Democracy Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief at the United States Supreme Court in Moore v. Harper, a case that explores the ability of state legislatures to prescribe the times, places, and manners of elections under the Elections Clause of the United States Constitution and what role…
LDF Asks the U.S. Supreme Court to Vacate Abhorrent Third Circuit Decision
Currently pending before the United States Supreme Court is a petition asking the Court to vacate a recent and abhorrent decision from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Ritter v. Migliori which held Pennsylvania’s absentee ballot date requirement to be immaterial and unenforceable under the Materiality Provision of the Voting…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chooses Politics Over the Constitution in Upholding Mail Voting Law
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court forsook 160 years of controlling precedent and constitutional interpretation to uphold Act 77, Pennsylvania’s no-excuse absentee voting law. Litigation has been ongoing over the past year challenging the constitutionality of Act 77 under the Pennsylvania Constitution. Historically, Pennsylvania voters alone possessed the power to approve…
LDF Sends Letter to PA Supreme Court on Status of Mail Voting Law After Recent Third Circuit Decision
In a case supported by Lawyers Democracy Fund, Counsel Wally Zimolong of Zimolong Law filed a letter on Monday with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in McLinko v. Commonwealth to notify the court of a recent Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision that calls into question the validity of Pennsylvania’s no-excuse…
LDF Files Amicus Brief at the 11th Circuit Defending Election Integrity in Florida
After the 2020 election, Florida enacted Senate Bill 90, an elections omnibus that enhanced Florida’s already strong election integrity policies by adding several integrity reforms while continuing to make it easy for voters to participate in the political process. After it was enacted, several lawsuits were filed to challenge…
LDF ED Publishes Op-ed on Act 77-Induced Pennsylvania Primary Troubles
LDF Executive Director Lisa Dixon published an op-ed titled “Mail-in-Voting-for-All Act 77 to blame for Pennsylvania’s primary woes“ in the Pennsylvania Record detailing Pennsylvania’s recent primary election blunders caused by Act 77, Pennsylvania’s no-excuse mail voting law. Nearly 16,000 mail ballots––two-thirds of all mail ballots returned [in Lancaster County]––had to…