IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

CAROL ANN CARTER, MONICA : No. 141 MM 2021 PARRILLA, REBECCA POYOUROW, : WILLIAM TUNG, ROSEANNE MILAZZO, : BURT SIEGEL, SUSAN CASSANELLI, LEE : CASSANELLI, LYNN WACHMAN, MICHAEL : GUTTMAN, MAYA FONKEU, BRADY HILL, : MARY ELLEN BALCHUNIS, TOM DEWALL, : STEPHANIE MCNULTY AND JANET : TEMIN, : : Petitioners : : v. : : VERONICA DEGRAFFENREID, IN HER : OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE ACTING : SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH : OF PENNSYLVANIA; JESSICA MATHIS, IN : HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR : FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF : ELECTION SERVICES AND NOTARIES, : : Respondents : ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 10th day of January, 2022, the Application for Extraordinary Relief is DENIED, WITHOUT PREJUDICE to Petitioners to reapply for similar relief in this Court, as future developments may dictate. Additionally, the denial is without prejudice to Petitioners to file an application in the Commonwealth Court, requesting that court to accelerate the timetable set forth in its December 20, 2021 scheduling order.

The Application for Leave to File Proposed Intervenors-Petitioners’ Response and the Application to Intervene of Senator Jay Costa, et al., are DISMISSED AS MOOT.

Justice Wecht files a dissenting statement.

Justice Donohue notes her dissent.