No. 24A46

Pennsylvania State Conference of NAACP Branches, et al. v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2024-07-16
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: ballot-access circuit-split federal-statute mail-ballot materiality-provision voting-rights
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10101(a)(2)(B), which protects the "the right of any individual to vote in any election" from being denied due to an immaterial "error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting," applies to immaterial errors on paperwork relating to mail ballot voting.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Materiality Provision of federal voting rights law prohibits excluding mail ballots due to immaterial paperwork errors beyond voter registration processes

Docket Entries

2024-08-20
Application (24A46) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until September 27, 2024.
2024-08-16
Application of Pennsylvania State Conference of NAACP Banches, et al. for a further extension of time submitted.
2024-08-16
Application (24A46) to extend further the time from August 28, 2024 to September 27, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
2024-07-17
Application (24A46) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until August 28, 2024.
2024-07-10
Application (24A46) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 29, 2024 to September 27, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Pennsylvania State Conference of NAACP Banches, et al.
Ari Joseph SavitzkyAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Petitioner