US EditionUS Supreme Court rejects Republican election-rule challenge in Pennsylvania
- The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Republican National Committee’s challenge to Pennsylvania’s provisional ballot counting rules on Friday, maintaining the state court’s decision.
- The issue emerged after Pennsylvania’s highest court narrowly decided in October that votes cast provisionally should be included in the count when mail-in ballots were invalidated, despite a state law prohibiting such ballots from being tallied.
- Republicans argued that the state court overstepped legislative authority under the Elections Clause, seeking to overturn a ruling that protects voters who make mail-ballot errors, while the GOP had hoped for a broader Supreme Court review.
- President Donald Trump narrowly won Pennsylvania in the last election, intensifying GOP interest in election integrity issues tied to provisional ballots and state court decisions.
- The Supreme Court’s refusal leaves Pennsylvania’s current ballot practices intact and highlights ongoing disputes over the boundary between state court roles and legislative control in election administration.
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Supreme Court Rejects GOP’s Challenge to Pennsylvania Ballot Ruling
The Supreme Court has declined to take up Republicans’ allegation that judges in Pennsylvania violated the Constitution with a ruling on election procedures within the state. No explanation was given for the denial, which came in the form of a brief order published on June 6. Another denial came in November when Republicans sought quick intervention as the presidential election approached. The case centered on a provision of Pennsylvania law tha…
US Supreme Court rejects Republican election-rule challenge in Pennsylvania
The U.S. Supreme Court passed up a chance to give politicians more power over how federal elections are conducted, declining on Friday to hear a Republican challenge to a Pennsylvania judicial decision requiring the counting of provisional ballots cast by voters who make mistakes on their mail-in ballots.
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