Swing State Supreme Court Issues Major Election Integrity Ruling

The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed an emergency appeal to ensure that election workers did not point to a lower court’s decision made earlier in the week, which claimed that counting such ballots was a violation of the state constitution.
 

Justices ultimately ruled 3-2 in the their decision, which was made on a case concerning 69 ballots that contained incomplete or incorrect dates in a September special election. Republicans raised concerns that the lower court’s decision would undermine election integrity and create uncertainty in the days leading up to the pivotal presidential election, where polling has remained neck-and-neck.

In an order released Friday, the court stated that the lower ruling “shall not be applied to the November 5, 2024 General Election.”