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Current Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Case 2:08-cv-05048)
All Courts: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Case 2:08-cv-05048)
Topic(s): Voting Technology
State: Pennsylvania
Date Filed: October 23, 2008
Issue:
Whether polling locations can be required to distribute emergency paper ballots to voters when 50% or more voting machines become inoperable at a specific location. Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro Cortes has issued a directive requiring that paper ballots be distributed when 100% of the voting machines at a polling location have failed. The plaintiffs, concerned about long lines due to malfunctioning voting machines, allege that not providing emergency paper ballots in cases where there is less than 100% voting machine failure would violate the constitutional rights of voters.
Status:
Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed on 10/23/08. Motion for Preliminary Injunction granted on 10/29/08. Order granting all defendants an extension of time to move, answer or otherwise respond to the complaint until 1/9/09 entered 12/15/08. Motion for Permanent Injunction filed by NAACP on 1/26/09. Motion for Permanent Injunction Granted 1/28/09.