Supreme Court rejects Republican bid to bar some provisional ballots in Pennsylvania
Jun 6, 2025, 3:57 PM
FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Supreme Court has rejected a Republican appeal and left in place a Pennsylvania court decision allowing people to cast provisional ballots when their mail-in votes are rejected for not following technical procedures in state law.
The court released the decision Friday, after an 鈥渁pparent software malfunction鈥� sent out early notifications about orders that had been slated to be released Monday. A technological error also resulted in an opinion being posted early last year.
The justices acted in an appeal filed by the Republican National Committee, the state GOP and the Republican-majority election board in Butler County.
Pennsylvania鈥檚 top court ruled last year that the county must count provisional ballots that were cast by two voters after they learned their mail-in ballots were voided because they arrived without mandatory secrecy envelopes.
Pennsylvania Democrats had urged the court to stay out of the case.
