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Pennsylvania’s Senate Recount Expected To Cost $1M

November 18, 2024

How ballots are received, processed, scanned and securely stored at the Philadelphia Elections Warehouse on Election Day during a Philadelphia City Commissioners press tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 25, 2024. Polling station workers demonstrate how Ahead of the Nov. 5 general election, unconfirmed claims of ballot tampering have already been made in Pennsylvania and other states. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)

OAN Staff Avril Elfie
4:35pm – Monday, November 18, 2024

Pennsylvania's Senate recount is expected to cost about $1 million in federal funds.

Secretary of State Al Schmitt said a statewide recount would be held if the difference in votes was within 0.5 percentage points.

The difference between Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Sen.-elect David McCormick (R-Pa.) is 0.43 percentage points, with up to 80,000 provisional and mail-in ballots still to be counted.

According to the State Department, as of 4pm local time on November 14th.^thMr. Casey received 3,359,086 votes, 48.53%, and Mr. McCormick received 3,385,115 votes, 48.90%.

Schmidt said the state's last recount between McCormick and cardiothoracic surgeon Mehmet Oz, known on television as Dr. Oz, cost Pennsylvania taxpayers $1,053,000. He said damage had been done.

In this case, approximately 7 million votes will be subject to a recount, with each county beginning November 20th.^th Must be completed by November 26th^th At noon. They also have until November 27 to report the data to Schmidt.^th at 12pm

During the recount, Schmidt said each county will use “a different method or different equipment to tabulate the results” than was used in the initial count to identify potential problems.

Schmidt also noted that the results of the recount will be published online on November 27th.^ththe day before Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, as counties update their unofficial vote counts from their original tallies, the election returns page on the state website will also be updated. These updates are separate from recounts.

Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Brian Cutler criticized Casey for refusing to waive a costly recount.

“Throughout his career, Sen. Casey has publicly advocated for the rule of law and upholding judicial standards,” Cutler said. “The facts and the law are clear. The election was free and fair. Dave McCormick is the new U.S. senator. A costly statewide recount is unnecessary and redundant. And Democratic-controlled counties They are now attempting to overturn the results of a legitimate election in open defiance of the courts and the clear letter of election law.”

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