Opinion
No. 100 MAP 2022
10-21-2022
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE; National Republican Senatorial Committee ; National Republican Congressional Committee ; Republican Party of Pennsylvania; David Ball; James D. Bee; Debra A. Biro; Jesse D. Daniel ; Gwendolyn Mae Deluca; Ross M. Farber; Connor R. Gallagher; Lynn Marie Kalcevic; Linda S. Kozlovich; William P. Kozlovich; Vallerie Siciliano-Biancaniello; S. Michael Streib, Appellants v. Leigh M. CHAPMAN, in Her Official Capacity as Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth; Jessica Mathis, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Election Services and Notaries; Adams County Board of Elections ; Allegheny County Board of Elections; Armstrong County Board of Elections; Beaver County Board of Elections ; Bedford County Board of Elections; Berks County Board of Elections; Blair County Board of Elections; Bradford County Board of Elections; Bucks County Board of Elections; Butler County Board of Elections; Cambria County Board of Elections; Cameron County Board of Elections; Carbon County Board of Elections; Centre County Board of Elections; Chester County Board of Elections; Clarion County Board of Elections; Clearfield County Board of Elections; Clinton County Board of Elections; Columbia County Board of Elections; Crawford County Board of Elections; Cumberland County Board of Elections; Dauphin County Board of Elections; Delaware County Board of Elections; Elk County Board of Elections; Erie County Board of Elections; Fayette County Board of Elections; Forest County Board of Elections; Franklin County Board of Elections; Fulton County Board of Elections ; Greene County Board of Elections; Huntingdon County Board of Elections; Indiana County Board of Elections; Jefferson County Board of Elections; Juniata County Board of Elections; Lackawanna County Board of Elections; Lancaster County Board of Elections; Lawrence County Board of Elections; Lebanon County Board of Elections; Lehigh County Board of Elections ; Luzerne County Board of Elections; Lycoming County Board of Elections; McKean County Board of Elections; Mercer County Board of Elections; Mifflin County Board of Elections; Monroe County Board of Elections; Montgomery County Board of Elections; Montour County Board of Elections; Northampton County Board of Elections; Northumberland County Board of Elections; Perry County Board of Elections ; Philadelphia County Board of Elections; Pike County Board of Elections; Potter County Board of Elections; Schuylkill County Board of Elections; Snyder County Board of Elections; Somerset County Board of Elections; Sullivan County Board of Elections; Susquehanna County Board of Elections; Tioga County Board of Elections; Union County Board of Elections; Venango County Board of Elections; Warren County Board of Elections; Wayne County Board of Elections; Westmoreland County Board of Elections; Wyoming County Board of Elections; and York County Board of Elections, Appellees
ORDER
PER CURIAM AND NOW , this 21st day of October, 2022, the Court being evenly divided, the order of the Commonwealth Court is AFFIRMED .
Justices Donohue, Dougherty and Wecht would affirm the Commonwealth Court's order.
Chief Justice Todd and Justices Mundy and Brobson would reverse the Commonwealth Court's order.