Posted on 11/09/2024 5:17:06 AM PST by MtnClimber
Republican US Senate projected winner Dave McCormick lost his challenge Friday against the Philadelphia Board of Elections and three city commissioners over the adjudication of provisional ballots in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt (R) announced on Thursday that “more than 100,000 ballots, including provisional, military, overseas, and some Election Day votes, were yet to be counted.”
According to WGAL, McCormick asked the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia to allow more Republican observers at provisional board hearings to examine ballots that share common deficiencies, such as “missing signatures on the affidavit, a provisional ballot envelope that lacks a secrecy envelope, or discrepancies where the required signature on the affidavit and the envelope do not match will render the ballot invalid and thus result in the ballot being excluded from the count.”
The suit also reportedly asked the court “to sequester and hold provisional ballots from voters who had requested mail-in or absentee ballots,” per a recent Supreme Court decision.
The Pennsylvania Court rejected McCormick’s lawsuit Friday, ruling that Philadelphia County may continue its examination of provisional ballots with the current number of Republican representatives.
“A big win for Philly voters and team Casey. A loss for the GOP voter suppression machine,” crowed Harris Campaign attorney Marc Elias on X.
McCormick currently leads incumbent Democrat Sen. Bob Casey by a razor-thin margin: 48.97 percent to 48.47 percent, with over 98 percent precincts reporting. The AP projected McCormick as the winner on Thursday, but Casey has not conceded because there are still thousands of ballots to be counted, including 15,000 to 20,000 provisional ballots in Philadelphia.
McCormick is currently leading by 34,661 votes.
During a news conference Friday morning, McCormick said: “If you look at all the math, the reason the AP called it is, there’s no path for Senator Casey overcoming my lead, which is more than 32,000 votes. But there are ballots that will continue to be counted. And that lawsuit’s just to make sure that there is an adequate number of observers that are overseeing the counting process.”
Some Republicans are now taunting Casey as “an election denier” on social media.
“Old enough to remember in March when Bob Casey bizarrely accused Dave McCormick of ‘hanging out with election deniers,’ GOP strategist Matt Whitlock posted on Twitter. “Now he is one.”
The election analysts at Decision Desk HQ posted on X Friday morning that they expect to see McCormick’s “lead to grow” as Cambria County votes are counted.
Conservative pollster Rich Baris also asserted on X that about half of the provisional ballots in the Keystone State will probably fail verification.
“Provisionals counted in Bucks actually increased leads for Trump and McCormick,” Baris added. “They are more [Republican] this year.”
The latest number is growing at almost 42,000 votes.
Sore/Loserman = Bob Casey
You can’t trust Democrats unless they are your Granny.
I've been noticing that. Early yesterday morning, McCormick was just above the automatic recount threshold of 0.5%. He was leading by 0.5016%. Around 2pm EST yesterday, his lead had increased to 0.5731%. He finished the day with a lead of 0.5785%.
As of this post, his lead has inched forward to 0.5985%, almost 0.6%.
Bikers for Yrump. PLEASE head over to Philly wearing your boots, chains and black leather jackets.
You don’t have to do any thing, just stand there with arms folded and LOOKONG MEAN.
I’m monitoring the results.
My fear is they are going to count Phil County last, when they know how many votes DM is up by and how many they need to create fraudulently to steal the election.
They’re also pushing the cheat in AZ and for three house races in CA.
The goal, obviously, since they couldn’t defeat DJT or steal the election from him, is to prevent the Reps from holding the house and reduce their lead in the senate.
As they did in 2020, they stole just enough seats that it could look like the Reps were in charge, but the DemComs know there are enough RINOs they can flip when they want to.
No Newly elected Senators aren’t official until they are sworn in Jan 3rd 2925
votes cast 2024 703,470 2020 749,317 2017 210,838 Philadelphia; The number of registered voters remained about the same the past two decades. What changed?
Your numbers for 2017 (?) are very confusing. If you meant 2016, Philadelphia cast 709,618 votes that election. It still proves the point of a 40,000 vote spike there in 2020.
Incorrect. My Granny used to steal my Halloween candy.
File lawsuit now. Name the individuals, not the organizations. If necessary, a civil suit. NAME THEm!!
My 18 yr old son registered this year and they sent him a vote by mail ballot that he never used. He went on election day and had to vote with a provisional ballot. At least his will be counted, hopefully.
The government and the courts in PA are somewhere near the top of full on corruption. This country has been known for mass vote fraud for decades. I remember that there were areas where well over 100 percent of voters voted in the past.
It has long been traditional for the Democrats to get most military ballots denied.
Xerox machines are what changed. Many thousands of supposedly mail-in votes that were in 2020 delivered in UPS trucks and all were only marked on the For President line, everything else being left blank.
Can that court decision be appealed?
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