The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania. The justices left in place a state Supreme Court ruling that election officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected.

As of Thursday, about 9,000 ballots out of more than 1.6 million returned have arrived at election offices around Pennsylvania lacking a secrecy envelope, a signature, or a date, according to state records.

Pennsylvania is the biggest presidential election battleground this year, with 19 electoral votes. Former President Donald Trump won the state in 2016, then lost it in 2020.

More here: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/path-to-the-white-house/supreme-court-allows-pennsylvania-to-count-contested-provisional-ballots-rejecting-republican-plea

Photo: Michael Rubinkam/AP

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