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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear RNC Appeal on Pennsylvania Provisional Ballots

The decision preserves a Pennsylvania high court ruling that enables voters with defective mail-in ballots to have their in-person provisional votes counted

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Demonstrators gather outside of the United States Supreme Court as the justices hear oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, a Republican-backed appeal to curb judicial oversight of elections, in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

Overview

  • On June 6, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a joint appeal by the Republican National Committee and Pennsylvania GOP against an October 2024 state Supreme Court decision
  • Pennsylvania’s top court had ruled 4–3 that voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected for missing secrecy envelopes may cast provisional ballots that must be counted
  • The RNC contended the state ruling infringed the Constitution’s Elections and Electors Clauses by overriding legislature-prescribed voting procedures
  • Justices previously rejected an emergency Republican request on the eve of the November 2024 presidential election to block provisional ballot counting
  • The outcome cements provisional voting safeguards in Pennsylvania and underscores continued judicial oversight of state election rules