RNC requests Supreme Court takes up Pennsylvania mail ballot case

The Republican National Committee asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to take up its Pennsylvania mail ballot case after lower courts ruled the state must count undated and misdated mail ballots. The Supreme Court declined to wade into the state mail-ballot controversy last year and a similar case in Montana in 2024, but the committee is hoping the court will reconsider after it agreed to hear a different RNC mail voting case stemming from Mississippi. 
The case centers on a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling which said voters can still cast provisional ballots in person if mail-in ballots are rejected for failing to follow procedural directions.
“Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot dating requirement is a simple, commonsense safeguard that protects the integrity of the state’s elections,” RNC Chairman Joe Gruters said in a statement. “Counting ballots that are missing basic requirements like a date violates Pennsylvania law and undermine confidence in elections.
“We urge the Supreme Court to take this case and reaffirm that states can enforce reasonable election rules like Pennsylvania’s date requirements,” he added.
The Supreme Court is expected to consider the petition in a closed-door meeting in the coming months, but the court only agrees to take up roughly one to two percent of the requests. 
Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage. 

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