Lawyers Head to Court On Behalf of Pennsylvania Voters

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Lawyers Head to Court On Behalf of Pennsylvania Voters

Nov 4 2008 | Philadelphia County Election Officials Fail To Meet Secretary of State’s Orders to Count Emergency Paper Ballots on Election Night | County Claims It Will Count Such Ballots on Friday

Court Orders Pa. to Provide Paper Ballots

Court Orders Pa. to Provide Paper Ballots

By Mary Pat Flaherty The Washington Post Oct 29 2008

Anticipating high voter turnout and a repeat of equipment problems that caused delays during Pennsylvania's April primary, a federal judge late Wednesday ordered the state's polling places to offer emergency paper ballots when half the voting machines at a polling place don't work.

During the presidential primary, voters in various Pennsylvania counties reported leaving polling sites without voting or enduring hours-long waits when machines failed. Their experiences were recounted as part of a case filed by the Pennsylvania conference of the NAACP and other voting rights groups against Pedro A. Cortes, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth.
 

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