The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling allowing voters to cast provisional ballots if their mail-in ballots are invalidated due to missing secrecy envelopes.
The court ruled that a 'naked ballot' is considered void and thus not counted. Consequently, voters can utilize provisional ballots since their original ballots were effectively never received.
The Republican National Committee argued against the ruling, highlighting a legal interpretation that provisional ballots should not be counted if the mail ballots were submitted timely.
Butler County’s refusal to count provisional ballots cast by voters with invalidated mail ballots has sparked legal challenges, emphasizing ongoing tensions in how election laws are administered.
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