by Natalia Mittelstadt
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has dismissed the Republican National Committee’s lawsuit over mail-in ballot curing, ruling that the GOP filed it too close to the November election.
The commonwealth’s highest court made its decision on Saturday regarding the RNC’s case on mail-in ballot notice and cure procedures, Reuters reported. Ballot curing is when voters are allowed to fix any issues with their mail-in ballots.
Last month, the RNC asked the court to prevent county election boards from adopting “notice and cure” procedures for mail-in ballots, arguing that the state legislature had not given the boards the authority to adopt those procedures.
The Democratic National Committee filed a response to the RNC last month, claiming that the state’s election laws allowed the boards to implement the procedures.
The court’s decision is “a victory, not for Democrats but for our democracy,” said Charles Lutvak, a spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign.
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Natalia Mittelstadt is a reporter for Just the News.
Photo “Pennsylvania Absentee Ballot” by i_am_curiouskiwi. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
