The Republican National Committee (RNC) asked the Supreme Court on Monday for an emergency order that would prevent Pennsylvanians whose mail ballots are rejected for technical reasons from having a provisional ballot counted.
Last week, Pennsylvania’s top court ruled 4-3 that state law gives impacted mail voters an opportunity to still participate by showing up at their polling place in person on Election Day.
The RNC argues the ruling misreads state law, which states a “provisional ballot shall not be counted” if a voter’s mail ballot was “timely received.”
“When the legislature says that certain ballots can never be counted, a state court........