The groups want paper ballots to be available on Election Day if more than half of the voting machines at a given polling place malfunction. Otherwise, voters are often left to endure long lines, they said.
"People should be able to exercise their right to vote without waiting in line for hours or being told to go home and come back later," said John Bonifaz, legal director of Voter Action, a national voter advocacy group that is one of several plaintiffs.
The groups focused on Pennsylvania because of problems reported in the spring primary and a recent state directive that, according to the groups, say paper ballots should only be used if all machines in a polling place fail.
"We're quite concerned, in light of the confluence of high voter turnout and these voting machine breakdowns, that there will be even longer lines and more voter disenfranchisement," Bonifaz said Thursday.
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