Chester County, Pa., Hearing Proves Mass Mail Ballot Application Challenges are Illegal, Say Voting Rights Advocates

From November 1, 2024

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Pennsylvania Voters Decide, a coalition of more than 50 pro-voting rights organizations, responded today to a hearing in Chester County over challenges to more than 200 mail ballot applications. After hearing arguments from the challengers and impacted voters, the county board of elections unanimously denied all of the challenges, finding that the challengers failed to meet their burden of proof and upholding the voting rights of the challenged voters.

“Voters pick their leaders. Leaders don’t pick their voters,” said Amy Widestrom, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania. “What we saw presented today was an argument full of misunderstanding of the law and a total lack of evidence. We call on all Pennsylvanians to stand together against these apparent voter suppression tactics.”

Earlier this week, the ACLU of Pennsylvania and the ACLU sent a letter to all 67 county solicitors in the commonwealth, explaining why the activist-driven mass challenges to mail ballot applications are illegal.

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