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Republican Party of Pennsylvania, Applicant v. Veronica Degraffenreid, Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al.
Application · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District, No. 133 MM 2020
Application pending
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John Matthew Gore
Jones Day
For respondent
John Bartley DeLone
Attorney General's Office
Proceedings
- Nov 13 2020Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund.
- Nov 09 2020Reply of applicant Republican Party of Pennsylvania filed.
- Nov 08 2020Letter of respondent Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of Pennsylvania filed.
- Nov 07 2020Response to application from respondent Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of Pennsylvania filed.
- Nov 07 2020Response to application from respondent Luzerne County Board of Elections filed.
- Nov 06 2020Application (20A84) for injunctive relief pending the disposition of the petition for certiorari, submitted to Justice Alito.
- Nov 06 2020Order issued by Justice Alito: All county boards of election are hereby ordered, pending further order of the Court, to comply with the following guidance provided by the Secretary of the Commonwealth on October 28 and November 1, namely, (1) that all ballots received by mail after 8:00 p.m. on November 3 be segregated and kept “in a secure, safe and sealed container separate from other voted ballots,” and (2) that all such ballots, if counted, be counted separately. Pa. Dep’t of State, Pennsylvania Guidance for Mail-in and Absentee Ballots Received From the United States Postal Service After 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 (Oct. 28, 2020); Pa. Dep’t of State, Canvassing Segregated Mail-in and Civilian Absentee Ballots Received by Mail After 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 and Before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2020 (Nov. 1, 2020). Until today, this Court was not informed that the guidance issued on October 28, which had an important bearing on the question whether to order special treatment of the ballots in question, had been modified. The application received today also informs the Court that neither the applicant nor the Secretary has been able to verify that all boards are complying with the Secretary’s guidance, which, it is alleged, is not legally binding on them. I am immediately referring this application to the Conference and direct that any response be filed as soon as possible but in any event no later than 2 p.m. tomorrow, November 7, 2020.
- Nov 06 2020Response to application from respondent Pennsylvania Democratic Party filed.