Posted on 05/21/2022 8:17:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz slammed his primary opponent David McCormick for attempting to count undated mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania’s deadlocked Senate primary.
In a statement posted to his Twitter account, the Oz campaign slammed McCormick for “following the Democrats’ playbook,” and eroding voters’ confidence in election integrity, after it was revealed that lawyers for the McCormick campaign were pressing state officials to count the undated mail ballots.
“David McCormick has been a formidable opponent, but it is becoming obvious that he is likely going to come up short to Dr. Mehmet Oz,” Oz’s campaign manager Casey Contres said Saturday. “Unfortunately, the McCormick legal team is following the Democrats’ playbook, a tactic that could have long-term harmful consequences for elections in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is a clear contrast between Dr. Mehmet Oz’s efforts to secure America’s democratic process and John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee, who doesn’t even want to require Pennsylvanians to show ID to vote. As a party, and as a people, Dr. Mehmet Oz believes we must restore faith in our government institutions.”
“Dr. Mehmet Oz continues to respectfully allow Pennsylvania’s vote counting process to take place and puts his faith in the Republican voters who we believe have chosen him as their nominee,” Contres added. “That is why our campaign will oppose the McCormick legal team’s request that election boards ignore both Pennsylvania Supreme Court and state election law and accept legally rejected ballots. If Dr. Mehmet Oz is the nominee, he would appreciate David McCormick’s support, and every other Pennsylvanian, if defeating extreme liberal socialist John Fetterman who would prove nothing more than a rubber-stamp for Joe Biden’s failed policies.”
Lawyers for the McCormick campaign wrote letters to officials in all 67 Pennsylvania counties asking them to count undated mail-in ballots, after the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling ordering mail ballots to be counted in a county court election from November 2021. The Third Circuit ruled that 257 ballots thrown out in the race for Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Lehigh County should be counted, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
“We trust that in light of the Third Circuit’s judgment you will advise your respective Boards to count any and all absentee or mail-in ballots that were timely received but were set aside/not counted simply because those ballots lacked a voter-provided date on the outside of the envelope,” McCormick’s lawyer said in an email to the county officials, via CNN. “To the extent you are not willing to provide this advice, we ask for a formal hearing before your Boards on this issue.”
The Third Circuit ruling further complicates an already tense conflict over mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, as the PA Supreme Court issued a complicated ruling on whether to accept or reject mail-in ballots, the Inquirer noted. Another case is currently before the Court on whether to strike down Pennsylvania’s controversial Act 77, which established mail-in voting.
The PA Senate race is still too close to call, but Oz currently holds a razor-thin lead, according to NBC News’ election results tracker. Oz leads McCormick by about 1,070 votes, less than 0.1%, with an estimated 9,500 ballots left to count. The vote is almost certain to trigger an automatic recount, which takes place if the vote differential is under half a percentage point, according to Pennsylvania law. Former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Oz, has repeatedly criticized the delays in the vote count, and called for Oz to declare victory, on his Truth Social platform.
“Only the outside of the envelope is not dated. And that date is meaningless....and absolutely unnecessary.”
Really? It is a REQUIREMENT. The fact that you disagree is meaningless. People too ignorant or too stupid to understand this are not any one candidates problem.
It is THEIR problem. Perhaps YOU are among the too Stupid or Ignorant? Rules are Rules. If you want to participate understand the rules. Or, suffer the consequences of your ignorance.
Why would they want the ballots counted, unless they knew they were all for McCormick?
IOWs Oz does not want them counted because it’s the right thing to do even if those ballots were for him.
Best candidate for the job, Dr Oz. Thank you very much.
The unknown and unnamed person in this entire site is Mitch everybody’s favorite bitch McConnell. He’s the guy behind this. Cocaine Mitch is at again and will be at it again in Georgia when the Bushies have their last stand . It’s either we run the Republican Party or Mitch and the Bushies do! W the Iraq war guy. The one that had the Freudian slip the other night. It couldn’t be any simpler.
McConnell was behind the Russian Disinfo against Trump. Also Jan 6.
And Im sure involved with 2020 ballot stuffing
Why don’t we just name the names either with these guys or you’re with Trump. Mitch McConnell, Dave McCormick, Karl Rove, the Bushies , Mike Pence, Chris Christie, Brian Kemp, Doocy , Liz Cheney ,Club for growth and the Lincoln project. Is there anyone else you wanna add to this list?
They were ALL received timely. That’s a requirement.
I’m not really disagreeing with you. I have mixed feelings and I haven’t had my coffee yet.
"Sign and date the envelope or your vote won't be counted".
See my next post.
George P. Bush is in a run-off against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. I wouldn’t have guessed that would happen. Tuesday, May 24, is election day. I’ll take Paxton over Bush.
Says the Turkish (dual) citizen!
I agree about citizenship
Even if I still have attachment to my country if birth, I do not maintain dual citizenship. Loyalty can not be shared.
I trust judgement of PDJT much more than you or anyone else
Will you eat your hat if Oz is elected senator?
His time in Turkey was brief and he maintains that citizenship to be able to get to his mom easily.
Said he will give it up if he wins the Primary...which I hope he does.
29 Members of Congress have dual citizenship.
Oz knows all about election fraud. He is 61 years old yet he voted for the first time in Pennsylvania during the 2020 election season, using his mother-in-laws house as residence even though his mansion is in New Jersey. This is what true election fraud look like and Mohammed Oz is the perpetrator.
Neither of these RINO’s will beat Fetterman in a red wave election. The Sean Hannity puppet Oz and McCormick could not get more than 32% of the vote. The Kathy Barnette voters will NEVER, ever vote for Oz (after the way Hannity treated Kathy).
Ronald Reagan warned us about people who think like you. No wonder GOP has been a minority party in Congress most of the time since LBJ. Because of purists like you who want only their way or they will take their toys and go home.
And how long before we found out Cruz had dual citizenship.
Both my grandfathers had dual citizenship....throughout their lives.
He went to school in Pa...met his wife in Pa...his kids were born in Pa...His Medical license is in Pa...
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