The Supreme Court on Friday turned away the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) bid to block Pennsylvania voters’ in-person, do-over option when they return a defective mail ballot.

The announcement was intended for Monday morning, but the court mistakenly released it early due to what a court spokesperson called an “apparent software malfunction.”

The order leaves in place a 4-3 ruling from Pennsylvania’s top court that voters can still cast a vote at their polling place on Election Day if their mail-in ballot was rejected for technical reasons, despite a state law saying such votes “shall not be counted” if the mail-in ballot was timely received. The additional option impacts thousands of voters each election cycle.

The legal battle gained attention just ahead of the 2024 election, when President Trump narrowly beat former Vice President Kamala Harris in the key swing state and went on to retake the White House. Just before the election, the Supreme Court declined the RNC’s request to intervene on an emergency basis.

Now returning to the high court on its normal docket, the RNC urged the Supreme Court to use its case as a vehicle to more broadly restrict state courts’ power over elections.

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