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 Publishes Memo on Montana’s Repeal of Election Day Registration
In passing H.B. 176 (2021), Montana became the first and only state to ever repeal Election Day Registration after implementing it. In doing so, the legislature sought to ease the administrative burden on election officials, reduce long lines at polling locations, and strengthen election integrity, all while still allowing…
LDF Files Amicus Brief in Arizona Supreme Court
Lawyers Democracy Fund filed an amicus brief in Arizona GOP v. Hobbs to highlight why common sense voter integrity safeguards are essential to ballot secrecy and security in mail voting systems. In its brief, LDF explained that while Arizona over the years has made it more convenient to vote by…
PA Court Overturns Unconstitutional No-Excuse Mail Voting Law
Today, the en banc Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court struck down Act 77, Pennsylvania’s unconstitutional no-excuse absentee voting law, in a Lawyers Democracy Fund (LDF)-backed lawsuit––McLinko v. Commonwealth (No. 224 M.D. 2021) consolidated with Bonner v. Degraffenreid (No. 293 M.D. 2021). Wally Zimolong, Petitioner’s Counsel, stated: We are very pleased…