The group Judicial Watch has announced details on a settlement of a federal election integrity lawsuit that was filed against the state and five of its counties, including Indiana County.
According to an announcement on the group’s website, the group filed an amended complaint in November of 2021 in an ongoing National Voter Registration Act lawsuit. The new complaint sought to force Indiana, Luzerne, Cumberland, Washington and Carbon Counties along with the state to comply with voter-list maintenance obligations. This includes extensive public reporting of statistics regarding voter roll cleanup efforts each year for the next five years, and the payment of $15,000 in legal fees to Judicial Watch, which was made by the state.
In the settlement agreement, Pennsylvania agreed to publish the total number of registered and eligible voters (active and inactive) in the five counties by June 30 of each year on the Department of State’s website, for the next five years. It also agreed to publish the total number of address confirmation notices sent to registered voters and the number returned as undeliverable or not responded to. It also will publish the total number of voters removed from the registration rolls on account of death, or for failing to respond to an address confirmation notice and failing to vote in the two most recent federal general elections.
