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Timothy R. Bonner, et al. v. Leigh Chapman, in Her Official Capacity as Acting Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al.
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District, No. 14 MAP 2022, 15 MAP 2022, 17 MAP 2022, 18 MAP 2022, 19 MAP 2022 · judgment August 2, 2022
Certiorari denied · January 9, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does Pennsylvania’s Act 77 no-excuse mail-in voting law violate Article I § 4 of the United States Constitution by allowing mail-in voting from anywhere in the world?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gregory H. Teufel
OGC Law, LLC
For respondent
Thomas W. King III
Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham, LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 09 2023Petition DENIED.
- Dec 07 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
- Dec 02 2022Waiver of right of respondents Democratic National Committee and Pennsylvania Democratic Party to respond filed.
- Nov 30 2022Waiver of right of respondents Butler County Republican Committee; York County Republican Committee; and Washington County Republican Committee to respond filed.
- Nov 30 2022Waiver of right of respondent Leigh M. Chapman, in her official capacity as Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Department of State to respond filed.
- Oct 31 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2022)