Battleground state's high court rejects GOP challenge to provisional ballot rules

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Battleground state's high court rejects GOP challenge to provisional ballot rules
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The Republican Party has faced setbacks in recent weeks in their nearly 100 election-related court cases.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state must count provisional ballots for voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected or improperly filled out in a 4-3 decision that could provide thousands of voters in the state with a second chance to cast their vote.

The court noted that provisional votes can be counted only after a person’s eligibility to vote and the rejection of their mail-in ballot are confirmed. 'Counting Electors’ provisional ballots, when their mail ballots are void for failing to use a Secrecy Envelope, is a statutory right,' Donahue wrote, adding that the rule in question is 'intended to alleviate potential disenfranchisement for eligible voters.

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