Tonight, the Supreme Court rejected the Republican Party’s challenge to Pennsylvania voters’ right to cast provisional ballots on Election Day. 

Earlier this year, the PA Dems, with the support of the DNC, filed an opposition brief to oppose the RNC and Pennsylvania Republicans’ efforts to end the ability of Pennsylvania voters whose mail ballots were rejected for a technical error to cast a provisional ballot in-person on Election Day to ensure their vote is counted. Pennsylvania voters deserve to have their votes counted if a simple error on their mail-in ballot occurs, and tonight’s decision affirms their rights.

DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement:

“Republicans don’t think every rightful vote should count — we disagree, and now, the Supreme Court has sided with us. Pennsylvanians deserve to have their say in every election – full stop. Simple errors on mail-in ballots shouldn’t impede Pennsylvanians from exercising their rights at the ballot box, regardless of what the RNC and Pennsylvania Republicans want to believe. That’s why when the Republican Party attempted to challenge this practice, based on obscure and debunked legal theories, the DNC and PA Dems stepped in. The DNC is standing up for voters because the stakes are too high not to fight back. I know it must be disappointing for Republicans when democracy prevails, but unfortunately for them, that’s not going to stop us.”

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