As Election Day unfolds, election officials in Pennsylvania are expecting to handle a lot of provisional ballots.. Here’s what they are and why it’s happening. What are provisional ballots? A ...

But the voters prevailed before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which ruled in a 4-3 decision that boards of elections must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail ballots are rejected ...

Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea Updated: 9:23 PM EDT Nov 1, 2024 Editorial Standards ⓘ ...

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to block Pennsylvania from counting some provisional ballots in Tuesday’s election, a decision potentially affecting thousands of votes in the battleground ...

Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says. The case stems from a lawsuit filed by two Butler County voters in western Pennsylvania ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court noted in its ruling that provisional votes can be counted only after a person’s eligibility to vote and the rejection of their mail-in ballot are confirmed.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision Wednesday that state law provides voters whose mail ballots are rejected an opportunity to vote by provisional ballot. More than 1.1 million … ...

Between 2016 and 2024, the percentage of provisional ballots rejected due to technical errors increased from .95% to 4.92%.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court said voters should be allowed to cast provisional ballots in person at their polling place if their mail ballots are rejected because of certain defects, in a ruling ...

But Pennsylvania election officials told Votebeat and Spotlight PA that this doesn’t entirely explain why a growing portion of provisional ballots are being rejected for exterior envelope errors.

tate and federal protections for Pennsylvania voters—covering everything from prior criminal convictions, to getting a provisional ballot, to dealing with disruptions at a polling place./FILE ...

It's unclear how many provisional ballots will be counted as a result of the Supreme Court's order. In many counties, voters are notified when their mail ballot is likely disqualified and have the ...