Supreme Court rejects RNC request to wade into Pennsylvania mail ballot case

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to get involved in the Republican National Committee's (RNC) challenge to a Pennsylvania court’s ruling on the interpretation of a rule regarding provisional ballots. 

The RNC asked the Supreme Court to intervene before the 2024 presidential election last year, after the state Supreme Court ruled voters can still cast provisional ballots in person if mail ballots are rejected for failing to follow procedural directions, such as not including the mandatory secrecy envelopes, which voters are required to sign and date. 

The RNC claimed the court misread state law, which says a “provisional ballot shall not be counted” if the mail ballot was received by county election officials in a timely manner.

The U.S. Supreme Court also rejected the RNC's initial emergency request to intervene, but Republicans hoped the justices would weigh in after the election.

The decision comes months after the high court declined to get involved in a similar case in Montana, The Hill reported.

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