From the AP: The order came in response to a plea from the state Republican Party as Democrat Joe Biden inched ahead of President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania in the presidential race. The state’s top elections official already had ordered those ballots be kept apart.
Alito, acting on his own, ordered a response from the state by Saturday afternoon and said he has referred the matter to the full court for further action. He said he was motivated in part by the Republicans’ assertion that they can’t be sure elections officials are complying with guidance issued by Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, a Democrat. The justice handles emergency appeals from Pennsylvania.