Pennsylvania appeals voting ruling to Supreme Court hours after Virginia made its own ask

Republicans asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to step into a fight over provisional ballots in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania, bringing a second potentially significant voting case to the high court within days of the election.

The Republican National Committee urged the justices to block a state court ruling that allows people to vote provisionally when election officials identify problems with their mail ballots – specifically, when they fail to put them into a “secrecy” envelope before sending them off in the mail.