{"id":125846,"date":"2024-11-14T19:37:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T12:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125846"},"modified":"2024-11-14T19:37:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T12:37:52","slug":"pennsylvania-senate-contest-headed-toward-a-recount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125846","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Senate contest headed toward a recount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) \u2014 The U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania between Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick is headed for a statewide recount, as counties continued Wednesday to sort through outstanding ballots and the campaigns jousted over which ones should count.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/why-ap-called-pennsylvania-senate-f9af5d80be39fcc7a2abb8258a8f3ccf\">called<\/a><\/span> the race <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pennsylvania-senate-2024-election-david-mccormick-casey-866a8712dea0b52b5d8d6b4844968b53\">for McCormick<\/a><\/span> last week, concluding that not enough ballots remained to be counted in areas Casey was winning for him to take the lead.<\/p>\n<p>A noon deadline passed Wednesday for Casey to waive his right to a statewide recount and Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro\u2019s top election official, Secretary of State Al Schmidt, a Republican, announced that preliminary results had triggered a legally required statewide recount. <\/p>\n<p>As of Wednesday, McCormick led by about 28,000 votes out of more than 6.9 million ballots counted \u2014 inside the 0.5% margin threshold to trigger an automatic statewide recount under Pennsylvania law.<\/p>\n<p>Counties must begin the recount no later than Nov. 20 and must finish by noon on Nov. 26. It largely involves running paper ballots through high-speed scanners, a process that former election officials <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-recounts-winners-change-4d8a5000d49f48ee1361a1288cad3b99\">say might not change the outcome<\/a><\/span> by more than a few hundred votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIt is an infinitesimal number, compared to the overall vote totals,\u201d said Jeff Greenberg, a former Mercer County elections director.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, McCormick was in Washington this week, attending Senate orientation and caucus meetings to pick a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/senate-republicans-leader-thune-cornyn-scott-mcconnell-820eacaf35b9a05d79940c00263bc792\">new leader<\/a><\/span> after Republicans won <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/senate-house-election-updates-11-5-2024#00000192-feae-dd3b-abfa-feeef4820000\">control of the U.S. Senate<\/a><\/span> in last week\u2019s election that saw <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> win the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Casey hasn\u2019t conceded and, while Republicans pressure him on social media, his campaign manager said in a statement Wednesday that \u201cMcCormick and his allies are trying to disenfranchise Pennsylvania voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adam Bonin, a lawyer representing the Casey campaign in Philadelphia, said Republicans were aggressively and systematically challenging the provisional ballots of registered Democrats, delaying the vote counting process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are seeing this year is more organized, more disciplined, more directed and more comprehensive than what we saw in 2020,\u201d Bonin said.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick\u2019s campaign consultant, Mark Harris, said large Democratic-controlled counties were dragging out the process by not adding the results of processed ballots to vote totals.<\/p>\n<p>The McCormick campaign was challenging provisional ballots that it is allowed to challenge under the law, Harris said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is clearly an effort to use lawfare to chip away at our lead,\u201d Harris said. \u201cThis is not going to work. Dave McCormick is the senator-elect and will be the senator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Counties, meanwhile, were busy Wednesday processing tens of thousands of provisional ballots and hearing challenges to some of them by lawyers for Casey, McCormick and the state parties. A provisional ballot is typically cast at a polling place on Election Day and is separated from regular ballots in cases when elections workers need more time to determine a voter\u2019s eligibility to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Litigation is possible. For instance, Bucks County\u2019s Democratic-majority election board voted to count more than 400 mail-in ballots that lack a correct handwritten date on the outer envelope \u2014 something that Republicans are challenging and have opposed repeatedly in court.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 election: Turning promises into policy: Americans frustrated over high prices await the change Trump has promised. Proponents of school choice will have an ally in the White House once again, but private schooling suffered high-profile defeats in several states. Balance of power: Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate, giving the GOP a major power center in Washington. Control over the House of Representatives is still up for grabs. AP VoteCast: Democracy was a motivating factor for both Harris and Trump voters, but for very different reasons. Voto a voto: Sigue la cobertura de AP en espa\u00f1ol de las elecciones en EEUU.News outlets globally count on the AP for accurate U.S. election results. Since 1848, the AP has been calling races up and down the ballot. Support us. Donate to the AP.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about the 2024 election:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>News outlets globally count on the AP for accurate U.S. election results. Since 1848, the AP has been calling races up and down the ballot. Support us. <\/i><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Donate to the AP<\/i><\/a><\/span><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bucks County\u2019s decision is in line with various <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pennsylvania-mail-ballots-envelope-dates-2024-election-bedaba0bf6c546808da3853ad893f987\">decisions<\/a><\/span> in state and federal courts that have deemed it unconstitutional or illegal to throw out such ballots. But higher courts \u2014 including the state Supreme Court <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bucks-county-pennsylvania-early-mail-voting-deadline-05296504a3237956d96126570137a9f1\">most recently<\/a><\/span> on Nov. 1 \u2014 have blocked those decisions, with litigation still pending.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Follow Marc Levy at <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/timelywriter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twitter.com\/timelywriter<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/casey-mccormick-pennsylvania-senate-recount-f0da8720c540fc1b10328da37135a1ee\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. 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