Current Voting Rights Cases
Applewhite v. Commonwealth
In April of 2012, the Pennsylvania legislature passed a law requiring everyone to present certain types of photo ID before voting – a requirement that disenfranchises many people who cannot obtain ID and creates additional burdens that fall heavily on urban, low-income, minority, elderly, and disabled voters. Read more
Banfield v. Cortes
If someone managed to hack into an electronic voting system, the votes as they were actually cast would be lost, and an election could be stolen without anyone’s knowledge. Read more
Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission
Though the language of the Pennsylvania Constitution is clear about how legislative maps should be drawn – municipalities shall not be split unless “absolutely necessary” – the politicians in charge of the process have long ignored its direction, instead drawing maps designed to help incumbent legislators keep their seats. Read more
