Republicans ask SCOTUS to block Pennsylvania provisional ballots decision

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Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to block a judicial decision from Pennsylvania requiring the counting of provisional ballots cast by voters who make mistakes on their mail-in ballots, potentially affecting thousands of votes in the Nov. 5 presidential election. Read more.

Pennsylvania is one of a handful of closely contested states expected to decide the outcome of the presidential race. Today, in a separate election-related case, a federal judge in the state dismissed a Republican lawsuit seeking to force Pennsylvania to strengthen its procedures for verifying ballots submitted by military and overseas voters.

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