Election 2024 Justice & The Courts SCOTUS rules in Pa. ‘naked ballots’ case, requiring provisional ballots to be accepted

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that voters in Pennsylvania will be able to submit provisional ballots if their mail ballots have been found defective, rejecting requests from the Republican National Committee and Republican Party of Pennsylvania to issue a stay against a state Supreme Court decision. “The lower court’s judgment concerns just two votes in the long-completed Pennsylvania primary,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the decision.  “Staying that judgment would not impose any binding obligation on any of the Pennsylvania officials who are responsible for the conduct of this year’s election. And because the only state election officials who are parties in this case are the members of the board of elections in one small county, we cannot order other election boards to sequester affected ballots. For these reasons, I agree with the order denying the application.” Kim Lyons, Pennsylvania Capital-Star. 

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