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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Republican National Committee’s request to stay the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's ruling regarding provisional balloting.

No justices noted any dissent, but Justice Sam Alito, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, noted the narrowness of this ruling.

What does this mean?

For now, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling stands and is precedent — allowing people whose mail ballots are disqualified for containing certain errors to vote by provisional ballot.

Alito’s statement, though, noted his opinion that this raises “a matter of considerable importance” but that this case was about votes in the primary — so, not exactly relevant now.

That said, his statement suggested that the furthest-right trio of the court would be open to considering the issue in a more timely case — involving the general election.

No other justices wrote, so there’s no real information about how they view the issue — which is in significant part about whether the U.S. Supreme Court would disturb the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision about Pennsylvania law.

But, for now, the ruling stands — and no one on the high court appears to have voted in opposition.

Nov 1
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