In January, state Republicans filed the suit against Gov. Josh Shapiro , Biden, and state election officials, claiming that their attempts to increase voter access required legislative approval, which they did not get, thethat prompted federal agencies to consider steps to promote voter access. The executive order violates a law the state passed the following year that prohibited third-party organizations from funding state elections, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit also contested Shapiro’s 2023 executive order that enabled automatic voter registration in Pennsylvania and former Gov. Tom Wolf’s directive, prohibiting voter registrations from being denied if an applicant’s driver’s license or Social Security number did not match what was in the government’s database, the outlet reported.
“The citizens of Pennsylvania have been victimized by extraordinary overreach of executive officials who have made changes to election laws with no authority to do so,” Keefer said. “If we don’t take action to stop this, there is no limit to the changes they might make to further erode Pennsylvania’s election system in 2024 and beyond.