Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania voters who sent defective mail-in ballots to cast provisional ones in person

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday handed a loss to Republicans by allowing Pennsylvania voters who sent mail-in ballots that were flagged as being potentially defective to submit a separate provisional in-person ballot. The justices with no noted dissents rejected a Republican request to put on hold a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling from last week. Justice Samuel Alito, one of the court's conservatives, wrote a brief statement saying that although it is an issue of "considerable importance" there were several reasons for the court to not get involved at...