Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania.The justices left in place a state Supreme Court ruling that elections officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected.Follow the NY Post’s live updates on the 2024 presidential race as Election Day loomsAs of Thursday, about 9,000 ballots out of more than 1.6 million returned have arrived at elections offices around Pennsylvania lacking a secrecy envelope, a signature or a date, according to state records.Pennsylvania is the biggest presidential election battleground this year, with 19 electoral votes.Former President Donald Trump won the state in 2016, then lost it in 2020.y a single point in 2016 before Biden widened the Democratic lead to five points in 2020....