Lawsuit filed under Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act to compel the release of records reflecting noncitizen registration and voting across Pennsylvania.
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (Case Numbers 1:18-cv-00463 and 1:19-cv-00622)
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Nos. 23-1590 and 23-1591)
Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Federal Case Documents MDPA Documents- Complaint (February 26, 2018)
- Plaintiff’s Response in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (April 18, 2018)
- Plaintiff’s Consent Motion for Leave to File Sur-Reply (May 8, 2018)
- Refiled Complaint (April 10, 2019)
- Memorandum on MTD (December 13, 2019)
- Order re Defendant’s Motion to Certify Interlocutory Appeal (March 6, 2020)
- Plaintiff’s Statement of Material Facts (May 3, 2021)
- Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (May 3, 2021)
- Plaintiff’s Response to Defendants’ Statement of Undisputed Material Facts in Support of Their Motion for Summary Judgment (June 14, 2021)
- PILF’s Brief in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (June 14, 2021)
- ORDER (March 31, 2022)
- MEMORANDUM (March 31, 2022)
- Appellee/Cross-Appellant PILF’s Second Step Brief (November 3, 2023)
- U.S. Justice Department Brief in Support of PILF (November 6, 2023)
- PILF Response Brief on Fees (April 12, 2024)
- City of Philadelphia v. PILF Notice of Appeal (May 2, 2018)
- PILF Sues Pennsylvania to Release Data on ‘100K’ Noncitizen Voter Registrants (February 26, 2018)
- PILF: Pennsylvania SOS’ Read of Disclosure Law is ‘Absurd’ (April 18, 2018)
- PA Contradicts Own Claim of ‘No’ Noncitizen Voter Records (May 10, 2018)
- Federal Court: PILF Effort to See PA Noncitizen Election Records Can Proceed (December 13, 2019)
- PA Required to Provide Voting History of Noncitizens the Commonwealth Added to the Voter Roll (April 4, 2022)
- DOJ Files Legal Brief Supporting PILF’s Right to Obtain Records Relating to Voter Registration by Foreign Nationals (November 8, 2023)
- SAVE THE DATE: PILF Argues Before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to obtain Alien Voting Records in Pennsylvania (September 9, 2024)
- Case Fact Sheet (February 26, 2018)
- MTD Supplemental Authority (December 13, 2019)
- Factsheet: The Six-Year Fight to Obtain Alien Voting Records in Pennsylvania (September 9, 2024)
- The Washington Times; Lawsuit: 100,000 noncitizens registered to vote in Pennsylvania (February 26, 2018)
- The Washington Free Beacon; Pennsylvania Dept. of State Sued for Hiding Noncitizen Voting Records (February 27, 2018)
- LifeZette; Pennsylvania Officials Accused of Hiding Data on Noncitizen Voting (February 27, 2018)
- Breitbart News; Report: More than 100,000 Non-Citizens are Registered Voters in Pennsylvania (February 27, 2018)
- The Daily Caller; Legal Group Sues for Records of up to 100,000 Noncitizens on Pennsylvania Voter Rolls (February 27, 2018)
- Law360; Anti-Voter Fraud Group Wants Pa. Data on Noncitizens (February 27, 2018)
- The Hill; Mueller’s chase ignores the real foreign influence in our elections (February 28, 2018)
- Fox News Channel; Why aren’t Mueller, the FBI and DOJ interested in illegal actions that might alter our elections? (March 1, 2018)
- Hot Air; 100K Non-citizens Registered to Vote in Pennsylvania? (March 4, 2018)
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; Editorial: 100,000-plus noncitizen Pa. voters? Withheld records hold answer (March 5, 2018)
- LifeZette; Noncitizen Voters in Pennsylvania Not a ‘Glitch,’ Philly Official Says (March 13, 2018)
- The Washington Times; PA Gubernatorial Candidate Targets Non-Citizen Voting in Wake of Special Election (March 14, 2018)
- WITF NPR/PBS Harrisburg; What’s behind the claim Pa. is swarming with illegal voters? (April 3, 2018)
- The Philadelphia Inquirer; Are there thousands of ineligible immigrants registered to vote in Pa.? We don’t know yet | Editorial (April 5, 2018)
- WITF-NPR; PA addresses non-citizen voter issue (April 30, 2018)
- CBS Philly Radio; Christine Flowers Show (May 6, 2018)
- The Washington Times; Noncitizens across the U.S. find it easy to register to vote, cast ballots (July 31, 2018)
- Fox News Channel; Names of non-US citizens increasingly found on voter rolls (August 1, 2018)
- PennLIVE; Foundation that targets voting by non-citizens claims Pa. is violating federal voter registration law (April 12, 2019)
Watch @ElectionLawCtr discuss noncitizen voting and more on @PCNCnighttalk https://t.co/NCYmp26Sh2
— PublicInterestLegal (@PILFoundation) August 1, 2018
#Watch: @ElectionLawCtr tells @ShannonBream that foreign voters are the real “foreign influence” in our #Elections https://t.co/7IBqNfYJNM
— PublicInterestLegal (@PILFoundation) March 5, 2018
J.Christian Adams– @ElectionLawCtr–joined me on ‘Justice’ to discuss how he believes that the real foreign influence in our elections has been ignored by the Justice Department for years. Take a look: pic.twitter.com/niDeBQ8rba
— Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) March 4, 2018