IN RE NOVEMBER 3, 2020 GENERAL ELECTION

No. 149 MM 2020.

240 A.3d 591 (2020)

IN RE: NOVEMBER 3, 2020 GENERAL ELECTION Petition of: Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: October 23, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Bazelon, Esq. , Bazelon, Less & Feldman, P.C., for Amicus Curiae Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.

Mark P. Gaber, Esq. , John P. Lavelle Jr., Esq. , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Chris Miller, Esq. , for Amicus Curiae Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh.

Kathleen Marie Kotula, Esq. , Pennsylvania Department of State, for Participants Kathleen Marie Kotula, Esq., Pennsylvania Department of State, Department of State.

Dallin Brockbank Holt, Esq. , Richard P. Limburg, Esq. , Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, LLP, Mathieu Jode Shapiro, Esq. , Lawrence J. Tabas, Esq. , Jason Torchinsky, Esq. , for Possible Intervenors Joseph B. Scarnati, Jake Corman.

Zachary Michael Wallen, Esq. , Chalmers & Adams LLC, for Possible Intervenor Cutler, Bryan, Benninghoff, Kerry.

Michael Crossey, Pro Se.

Sierra Club, Pro Se.

Daniel Thomas Brier, Esq. , Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP, John Bartley Delone, Esq. , Howard Greeley Hopkirk, Esq. , Michael John Scarinci, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Joshua D. Shapiro, Esq. , Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Donna Ann Walsh, Esq. , Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP, for Petitioner Kathy Boockvar.

Kathleen A. Gallagher, Esq. , Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP, John M. Gore, Esq. , for Elizabeth Radcliffe, Possible Intervenor, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., Republican Party of Pennsylvania, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Intervenors-Appellees.

Michele D. Hangley, Esq. , Robert Andrew Wiygul, Esq. , Mark Alan Aronchick, Esq. , Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, for Respondents Bucks County Board of Elections, Chester County Board of Elections, Montgomery County Board of Elections, Philadelphia County Board of Elections.

Regina Marie Blewitt, Esq. , Joyce, Carmody & Moran, P.C., for Respondent Luzerne County Board of Elections.

Adam Craig Bonin, Esq. , The Law Office of Adam C. Bonin, for Respondent Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans.

Heather Lynn Bozovich, Esq. , for Respondent Clearfield County Board of Elections.

Andrew Francis Szefi, Esq. , Richard Eugene Santee, Esq. , Timothy Patrick Brennan, Esq. , for Respondent Northampton County Board of Elections.

Keith Adam Button, Esq. , Shafer Law Firm, P.C., for Respondent Crawford County Board of Elections.

Thomas M. Caffrey, Esq. , Lehigh County Department of Law, for Respondent Lehigh County Board of Elections.

Molly Elizabeth Meacham, Esq. , Elizabeth A. Dupuis, Esq. , Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir, PC, for Respondent Armstrong County Board of Elections.

Jonathan Paul Foster, Esq. , BRADFORD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, for Respondent Bradford County Board of Elections.

Christopher P. Gabriel, Esq. , Cafardi Ferguson Wyrick Weis & Gabriel LLC, for Respondent Tioga County Board of Elections, Clarion County Board of Elections.

Robert D. Schaub, Esq. , Robert Lawrence Gawlas, Esq. , Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, LLP, for Respondent Susquehanna County Board of Elections.

Kevin Michael Greenberg, Esq. , Anthony Michael Pratt, Esq. , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Clifford B. Levine, Esq. , Dentons Cohen & Grigsby, PC, for Respondents Pennsylvania State Democratic Party, Dwight Evans.

Robert Eugene Grimm, Esq. , for Respondent Greene County Board of Elections.

Elizabeth Victoria Wingfield, Esq. , Edward David Rogers, Esq. , Terence Martin Grugan, Esq. , Ballard Spahr LLP, for Respondent Delaware County Board of Elections.

Christina Lee Hausner, Esq. , Lancaster County Solicitor's Office, for Respondent Lancaster County Board of Elections.

Jennifer B. Hipp, Esq. , Cumberland County Solicitor's Office, for Respondent Cumberland County Board of Elections.

Andrew Francis Szefi, Esq. , Allan Joseph Opsitnick, Esq. , George M. Janocsko, Esq. , Allegheny County Law Department, for Respondent Allegheny County Board of Elections.

Frank J. Lavery Jr., Esq. , Lavery Law, for Respondent Franklin County Board of Elections, Perry County Board of Elections.

Kenneth Richard Levitzky, Esq. , for Respondents Sullivan County Board of Elections, Wyoming County Board of Elections.

Lori A. Martin, Esq. , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, for Respondent League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, NAACP Pennsylvania State Conference, Common Cause Pennsylvania.

Sean Alexander Mott, Esq. , Adams County Solicitor's Office, Molly Ruth Mudd, Esq. , Adams County, for Respondent Adams County Board of Elections.

David Allen Regoli, Esq. , Westmoreland County Solicitor's Office, for Respondent Westmoreland County Board of Elections.

Nathaniel Justus Schmidt, Esq. , Warren County Solicitor, for Respondent Warren County Board of Elections.

Thomas R. Shaffer, Esq. , Glassmire & Shaffer Law Offices, P.C., for Respondent Potter County Board of Elections.

Krista Ann M. Staley, Esq. , Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir, PC, for Respondents Lackawanna County Board of Elections, Centre County Board of Elections, Blair County Board of Elections, Bedford County Board of Elections, Dauphin County Board of Elections, Fayette County Board of Elections, Huntingdon County Board of Elections, Indiana County Board of Elections, Lawrence County Board of Elections, Lebanon County Board of Elections, Montour County Board of Elections, Northumberland County Board of Elections, Venango County Board of Elections, York County Board of Elections, Armstrong County Board of Elections.

Christine D. Steere, Esq. Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini, Ltd., for Respondent Berks County Board of Elections.

Thomas George Wagner, Esq. , Meyer Wagner Brown & Kraus, for Respondent Elk County Board of Elections.

H. William White III, Esq. , Butler County Solicitor's Office, for Respondent Butler County Board of Elections.

Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, Pro Se.

PA County Board of Elections, Pro Se.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

On October 14, 2020, our Court granted the application of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Kathy Boockvar ("Secretary"), to assume King's Bench jurisdiction1 and consider her request for declaratory relief, limited to...

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