Pennsylvania Democrats asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject Republican efforts to block some provisional ballot options in their must-win battleground state.
The state Democrats, along with two Butler County voters, argued in a court response that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was correct when it ruled that voters who return faulty mail-in ballots can still vote by casting a provisional ballot on Election Day.
The Republican National Committee and state Republicans disagreed with the ruling and had asked the U.S. Supreme Court in an emergency request this week to block election officials from allowing such provisional ballots.
Attorneys for the Republicans argued the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling “usurps” the state legislature’s authority. The ruling “effectively creates a cure process for mail-ballot errors — a process everyone agrees the…
