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Excerpt from conservativeroof.com
In a groundbreaking decision, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has declared that digital images of completed absentee and mail-in ballots must be treated as public records.
This key ruling originated from a case involving appellant Michelle Previte, who requested electronic copies of these ballots from the 2020 General Election under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law (RTKL).
The case began when Previte submitted RTKL requests to the Erie County Board of Elections, seeking access to digital images of all mail-in and absentee ballots, as well as images of the outer envelopes and polling place ballots from the November 2020 election.
The Board denied her request, arguing that these documents were not public records under Section 308 of the Pennsylvania Election Code.
