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.” …
Recent LDF Media Hits
Below are LDF’s media hits in the latter half of 2022. To stay up to date on election integrity news, follow Lawyers Democracy Fund (@lawyersdf) on Twitter. LDF Vice President Tom Spencer was featured in the Carolina Journal for his appearance on the John Locke Foundation’s panel discussing…
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 Amicus in Delaware Mail Voting Case
Pending before the Delaware Supreme Court is Higgin v. Albence, a case that challenges the Delaware General Assembly’s power under the state constitution to enact universal mail voting without going through the constitutional amendment process. Lawyers Democracy fund filed an amicus curiae brief in Higgin to lay out for the Court…
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…
Arizona’s “H.R. 1” Initiative Struck from November Ballot in Victory for Election Integrity
On Friday, August 26, 2022, a dangerous initiative that would have wiped away numerous election safeguards in Arizona and substituted them with H.R. 1–style policies failed to qualify for the November ballot after a weeks-long legal battle proving the initiative failed to gather enough valid petition signatures. Lawyers Democracy…
North Carolina Supreme Court Jeopardizes Constitutional Amendment to Require Voter ID
Ignoring the will of North Carolina voters—who by a large majority adopted a constitutional amendment in 2018 to require voter ID in elections—the North Carolina Supreme Court called into question the legitimacy of the constitutional amendment in a ruling last Friday. In its opinion, the liberal justices on the…
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…