{"id":2368994,"date":"2024-11-14T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T19:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/casey-wants-unregistered-voters-to-be-counted-in-pa-recount\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T14:25:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T19:25:18","slug":"casey-wants-unregistered-voters-to-be-counted-in-pa-recount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/casey-wants-unregistered-voters-to-be-counted-in-pa-recount\/","title":{"rendered":"Casey Wants Unregistered Voters To be Counted In PA Recount"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcasey-wants-unregistered-voters-to-be-counted-in-pa-recount%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2368994&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Pennsylvania Senate race between incumbent\u2063 Democrat Bob Casey and Republican Dave McCormick is set for a mandatory recount due to the close results, with McCormick currently leading by\u200c 27,000 votes. Although the Associated Press has called the race for McCormick, Casey&#8217;s campaign is contesting the\u2064 validity of several counties&#8217;\u2063 actions in rejecting ballots from unregistered \u2062voters. The Pennsylvania Department of\u2063 State announced the recount, which must be completed\u2064 by November 26, \u2064with final results reported by November 27. Around 80,521 ballots remain \u2062uncounted, including\u200d provisional \u2062and mail-in\u2063 votes, some of which have been\u200d determined invalid by \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-there-will-be-a-recount\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary of State: &#039;There Will Be a Recount&#039;\">county election officials<\/a>.\u200d Casey\u2019s campaign is actively challenging these \u200brejected ballots, claiming that many voters were \u2063wrongfully categorized as unregistered.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Senate race between Democrat incumbent Bob Casey and Republican Dave McCormick is headed for a mandatory recount, and the Casey campaign is challenging several counties that rejected ballots from unregistered voters.<\/p>\n<p>The race was already <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/12\/newly-minted-election-denier-sen-bob-casey-refuses-to-accept-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> by the Associated Press in favor of McCormick, and McCormick&rsquo;s team says the numbers show Casey has no path to victory.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Department of State announced the recount Wednesday because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionreturns.pa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">results<\/a> are within a half percent margin, with McCormick ahead by 27,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>A new timeline now takes over before the results can be certified.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once counties finish counting their ballots, they must begin the recount no later than Wednesday, Nov. 20. They must complete the recount by noon on Nov. 26 and must report results to the Secretary by noon on Nov. 27. Results of the recount will not be published until Nov. 27,&rdquo; Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/en\/agencies\/dos\/newsroom\/unofficial-results-in-u-s--senate-race-trigger-legally-required-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schmidt said Wednesday that county election officials reported 60,366 uncounted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-key-points-from-trump-campaign-press-conference-on-challenges-to-election-results\/\" title=\"9 Key Points from Trump Campaign Press Conference on Challenges to Election Results\">provisional ballots<\/a> and 20,155 uncounted mail-in and absentee ballots. &ldquo;That 80,521 total includes all ballots for which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-pennsylvania-state-legislature-files-resolution-disputes-statewide-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"It&#039;s Happening: Pennsylvania State Legislature Files Resolution -- DISPUTES STATEWIDE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS\">county boards<\/a> of elections have not yet made a final resolution regarding their validity or eligibility to be counted.&rdquo; Schmidt said.<\/p>\n<p>The 80,000 remaining votes mentioned by the Department of State in its statement include the 10,000 that were added to the totals Wednesday, Harris said, and tens of thousands of ballots have been adjudicated as invalid by the counties.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Harris, lead strategist for the McCormick campaign, said in a Thursday media call that Casey&rsquo;s campaign has sent letters to some counties challenging their rejection of provisional ballots because the voters were &ldquo;determined by the Board not to be registered.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;CFS [Casey For Senate] challenges the rejection of provisional ballots based solely on the Board&rsquo;s staff&rsquo;s failure to find voters&rsquo; names on registered-voter lists,&rdquo; one of the letters says.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Casey position is that they are the ones who need to confirm whether a voter is registered or not, not taking the word of the local board of elections and the [Pennsylvania computer voter registration system.]&rdquo; The McCormick campaign&rsquo;s attorney James Fitzpatrick said on the call.<\/p>\n<p>McCormick&rsquo;s campaign will go to court to prevent the provisional ballots of unregistered voters from being counted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is zero legal precedent to count the votes of unregistered voters in Pennsylvania,&rdquo; Fitzpatrick said. Pennsylvania law requires that in order to cast a ballot, you must be registered.<\/p>\n<p>In another case, McCormick&rsquo;s team will ask the state Supreme Court to affirm its decision directing counties not to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-campaign-sues-pennsylvania-election-officials-to-have-ballots-without-dates-and-incorrect-dates-counted\/\" title=\"Fetterman Campaign Sues Pennsylvania Election Officials To Have Ballots Without Dates And Incorrect Dates Counted\">count mail ballots<\/a> that do not have a date written on the envelope by the voter. This is a requirement of mail votes according to Pennsylvania law, but some counties have indicated that in this election, they will count the undated ballots anyway.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Bob Casey is still fundraising for his sham recount, calling on his supporters to &ldquo;turn fear and anger into action&rdquo; and &ldquo;fight back.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Will any Senate Dems call him out on his election denialism? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LoEo5Mm4tj\">pic.twitter.com\/LoEo5Mm4tj<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Philip Letsou (@philipletsou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philipletsou\/status\/1856367513866539025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Casey campaign could not be reached for this story. It is using the recount as a vehicle for fundraising. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Beth Brelje is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. She is an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">award-winning investigative journalist<\/a> with decades of media experience.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pennsylvania Senate race is set for a recount, with Casey challenging rejected ballots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":2368995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bob-Casey.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13443,32644,45010,45009,32570],"class_list":["post-2368994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-casey","tag-election-integrity","tag-pa-recount","tag-unregistered-voters","tag-voting-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bob-Casey.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368994"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368998,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368994\/revisions\/2368998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}