Pennsylvania

Physical Exclusion of Credentialed Republican Observers from Philadelphia Satellite Voting and Tabulation Centers (PA)

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Established Fact During canvassing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, credentialed Republican poll observers were physically present in the counting room but were required to observe from a distance of approximately 15–18 feet from the counting tables—a distance observers argued was too far to meaningfully verify individual ballot-handling. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in In Re: Canvassing […]

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CTCL Claw-Back Leverage Over Philadelphia Operations (PA)

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Established Fact Philadelphia accepted millions in CTCL funds under agreements with claw-back provisions that, in practical effect, made noncompliance with CTCL’s specified operational model (including drop-box deployment, staffing, and outreach) “not an option.” Local officials described the terms as binding, and the grant documents empowered CTCL to demand repayment for deviations, granting a Chicago-based NGO

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CTCL Concentration in Philadelphia and Delaware County (PA)

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Established Fact Pennsylvania received approximately $25 million in CTCL grants, including exactly $10 million to Philadelphia and $2.2 million to Democratic-stronghold Delaware County — which ranked second in the state for per-capita CTCL funding at $3.77 per registered voter. The ten Biden-won counties receiving CTCL funds averaged approximately $5 per registered voter, versus roughly $1

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Butler County Formally Rejected CTCL Funding on Election Integrity Grounds, Documenting Partisan Design (PA)

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Established Fact The Butler County, Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners formally declined CTCL funding, with Commissioner Kimberly Geyer documenting in an official narrative submitted to the United States Department of Justice that acceptance would compromise election integrity by subjecting county operations to the influence of “a private/public entity.” The same document, co-signed by Commissioner Leslie Osche

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Judicially Authorized Drop Boxes Not Provided in Act 77; Administrative Overreach Compounded Private Funding Disparity (PA)

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Established Fact On September 17, 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that county boards could accept hand-delivered mail-in ballots at locations other than official offices — including drop boxes — a provision absent from Act 77 as enacted by the Republican-controlled Legislature. This judicial modification, combined with CTCL’s private funding of drop box infrastructure concentrated

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Extreme Geographic and Per-Voter Drop Box Density Disparity Creating Two-Tiered Voter Access (PA)

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Established Fact CTCL’s more than $22.5 million investment in Pennsylvania created a constitutionally suspect two-tiered system of voter access. In heavily Democratic Delaware County, private funding established 50 drop boxes — one for every 3.7 square miles and one for every approximately 8,500 registered voters. Across the 56 counties carried by Donald Trump in 2016,

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Pennsylvania Governor Withholds CARES Act Funds from Lebanon County (PA)

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Disputed Fact On September 2, 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of State broadcast a communication to all county commissioners announcing that CTCL had made its grant program available to all local election jurisdictions nationally — a notice that came one day after Zuckerberg and Chan publicly announced their $250 million donation to CTCL. Emails obtained under

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Pennsylvania Department of State Used Official Communications to Direct Counties to CTCL Grants (PA)

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Established Fact On September 2, 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of State issued a broadcast communication to all county commissioners announcing that CTCL had made its grant program available to all local election jurisdictions nationally — a communication that came one day after Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan publicly announced a $250 million donation to CTCL

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Two-Tiered Voting Access via Drop Box Density (PA)

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Established Fact CTCL distributed approximately $25 million to Pennsylvania jurisdictions for the 2020 election, with a single grant of $10,016,074 going to Philadelphia alone — a city that delivered over 80 percent of its votes to the Democratic presidential candidate. The geographic distribution of the resulting election infrastructure was strikingly asymmetric. In heavily Democratic Delaware

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CTCL Concentration in Philadelphia and Delaware County (PA)

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Established Fact Pennsylvania received approximately $25 million in CTCL grants, with $10,016,074 flowing to Philadelphia alone and $2.2 million to Democratic-leaning Delaware County — the latter among the first counties in the state to receive funding, awarded before most jurisdictions were even informed the grants existed. The Delaware County grant was used to deploy fifty

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