Supreme Court Spurns GOP on Second-Chance Pennsylvania Votes
- Voters with defective mail ballots can have backup votes count
- Court refuses to block ballot counting in win for Democrats
A ballot drop off box in Philadelphia.
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The US Supreme Court rejected a Republican Party bid to stop potentially tens of thousands of votes from being counted in next week’s presidential election in the pivotal state of Pennsylvania.
The rebuff leaves in force a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that said voters are entitled to a second chance if their mail-in ballots are invalidated because they lack the required secrecy envelope. Republicans had sought to block the ruling, which will let voters file provisional ballots on Election Day.