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.

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  • errer@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    I mean here’s what I struggle to understand: isn’t it more likely the old as fuck Republican voting bloc will make mistakes on their ballots? Doesn’t this only hurt their chances?

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      They’re banking on the false narrative of insecure voting scaring supporters into not mailing in their votes. I’d also bet the GOP is willing to double-back and start counting these ballots if it turns out Trump loses without them.