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Pennsylvania court grants public access to voting data in dispute from 2020 election’s aftermath
The unanimous ruling gives access to raw ballot data while preserving ballot secrecy, and the court said other counties may differ.
- Pennsylvania's high court ruled on Tuesday that spreadsheets of raw data known as "cast vote records" are public records, providing access to information requested by an election researcher hired by the Trump Administration last year.
- Lycoming County elections officials had denied Heather Honey's request for digital copies from the 2020 election, arguing that providing the data would be equivalent to reviewing the contents of a ballot box, one vote at a time.
- The Democratic-majority Supreme Court unanimously concluded that "cast vote records" are spreadsheets of raw data, not physical ballots, stating the release would "satisfy the voting public that our elections are safe, secure and accurate" while preserving ballot secrecy.
- Lycoming elections chief Forrest Lehman said he is ready to provide the records, noting the data will not reveal secret ballot information, while lawyer Thomas Breth added the data allows citizens to review the hotly contested 2020 election results.
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Pa. Supreme Court grants public access to voting data in dispute from 2020 election's aftermath
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that spreadsheets of raw data associated with every ballot are public records, providing access to records that were requested by an election researcher hired by the Trump Administration.
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Pennsylvania court grants public access to voting data in dispute from 2020 election’s aftermath
Pennsylvania's high court ruled Tuesday that spreadsheets of raw data associated with every ballot are public records, providing access to the "cast vote records" that had been requested by an election researcher hired by the Trump Administration last year.
·United States
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Pennsylvania court grants public access to voting data in dispute from 2020 election's aftermath
Pennsylvania's high court has ruled that spreadsheets of raw data from ballots are public records. The Democratic-majority court's decision on Tuesday provides access to what are known as "cast vote records."
·United States
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