PA Supreme Court Reaffirms Appellate Decision on Mail Voters Getting a Do-Over With Provisional Ballots

via The Hill:

The case arose after Pennsylvania’s primary in April, when county election officials rejected provisional ballots cast by two voters in Butler County, which is located north of Pittsburgh.

The voters did not submit their mail ballots with an inner secrecy envelope, an error commonly known as a “naked ballot.” After being notified, the two Pennsylvanians showed up to their polling locations on the day of the primary in an attempt to still vote.

They sued once the county election board rejected the provisional ballots they cast in person. The RNC and Pennsylvania Republican Party intervened to back the board, while the Pennsylvania Democratic Party intervened to support the voters’ challenge.

The case was heard by a trial court, which stated that the board’s action of rejecting the provisional votes was correct; that, however, was overturned by an appeals court, which ruled that the voters should get a do-over with their provisional ballots. That’s when the RNC and the state GOP appealed the case to the Keystone state’s supreme court.

On Wednesday, the high court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania rejected an appeal by Republicans on behalf of a county election board, which two voters sued to be allowed to cast provisional ballots after irregularities caused their mail ballots to be rejected, by a slim, 4-3 margin.