Category Archives: recounts

Breaking: Bob Casey Concedes in U.S. Senate Race in Pennsylvania

November 21, 2024, 3:26 pmrecountsRick Hasen

Pennsylvania Capital-Star: U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) on Thursday dropped his bid for reelection, conceding to GOP challenger Dave McCormick, putting an end to one of the most hotly contested and expensive Senate races, and an end to the… Continue reading

“Losing GOP candidate for NC Supreme Court challenges 60,000 ballots as recount starts”

November 21, 2024, 5:34 amabsentee ballots, ballot access, judicial elections, provisional ballots, recounts2024 Election Cycle, North CarolinaTabatha Abu El-Haj

News&Observer: Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate for North Carolina Supreme Court, requests a recount where he trails by 625 votes while also filing “a series of election protests on Tuesday challenging the validity of over 60,000 ballots cast across… Continue reading

“Gov. Josh Shapiro defends Sen. Bob Casey’s recount choice and points to Dave McCormick’s own failed recount”

November 20, 2024, 4:56 amrecounts2024 Election CycleTabatha Abu El-Haj

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the costs of accuracy in the vote are causing political fallout. Governor Shapiro reiterates that PA law provides for an automatic recount where the margin is below 0.5% in statewide races and that McCormick himself… Continue reading

“Bucks County board chair says comment about violating election law has been misinterpreted”

November 19, 2024, 4:47 amabsentee ballots, recounts, UncategorizedIndependent State Legislature Doctrine, state courtsTabatha Abu El-Haj

Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Diane Ellis-Marseglia, the Bucks County Commissioner, has apologized for the “upset and confusion” caused by her defiant comments last week in which she said: “People violate laws any time they want,” she added. “So, for me,… Continue reading

WaPo Editorial: “Democrats thumb their nose at the rule of law in Pennsylvania” (Recount Starts Today)

November 18, 2024, 7:36 amchicanery, recountsRick Hasen

WaPo Editorial: Before the Nov. 5 election, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled that provisional ballots must be signed in two required places and that mail-in votes must be dated. Yet elected Democratic officials in Philadelphia and three other counties —… Continue reading

CORRECTED LINK to FILING: Breaking: Republicans File Lawsuit Directly in Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Asking Court to Issue Order Today Directing All 67 PA Counties Not to Count Undated/Misdated But Timely Absentee Ballots (Relevant to McCormick-Casey Senate Race)

November 14, 2024, 8:12 amabsentee ballots, recountsRick Hasen

See this filing. (Corrected link to filing) Whatever one can say of the merits of the counting of such ballots and of this lawsuit (which makes a bizarre Purcell Principle argument), this issue, and statewide uniformity, needs to be… Continue reading

PA GOP Senate Candidate McCormick Files Suit Against Bucks County for Counting Misdated/Undated But Timely Mail-In Ballots, as McCormick-Casey Race Goes to Likely Recount

November 14, 2024, 7:11 amabsentee ballots, recountsRick Hasen

Here is the complaint. AP: 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… Continue reading

“Schumer withholds Senate orientation invite from McCormick”

November 11, 2024, 7:30 amrecountsRick Hasen

Politico: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will not allow Sen.-elect Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) to participate in Senate orientation this week because he doesn’t consider the race to be resolved yet. Though the Associated Press projected Thursday that McCormick defeated Democrat … Continue reading

“Despite claiming victory, McCormick challenging provisional ballots in Philly” (Now Updated with McCormick’s Filings)

November 8, 2024, 7:13 amprovisional ballots, recountsRick Hasen

Philadelphia Inquirer: Republican Dave McCormick may have declared victory in his U.S. Senate race over incumbent Democrat Bob Casey, but in court, the race is still very much an ongoing concern. McCormick filed a pair of lawsuits Friday morning… Continue reading

“Our Analysis of Statewide Election Recounts 2003-2023”

October 28, 2024, 6:44 amrecountsRick Hasen

FairVote: Conducting election recounts to ensure fair, accurate, and genuine democratic outcomes is a critical component of effective election administration. Trust in elections requires trust in a jurisdiction’s recount process. It is an ongoing learning experience for election administrators to… Continue reading

The hand counted ballot crisis narrowly averted for 2024

October 13, 2024, 4:13 pmrecountsDerek Muller

A few weeks ago, a USA Today story entitled “Democrats propose voting rights bill to counter Georgia’s election changes and others” was essentially a press release. It offered no engagement with the text of the proposed bill, labeled the “Voter… Continue reading

“WA GOP sues King County Elections over commissioner of public lands primary results”

September 6, 2024, 7:58 pmrecountsRick Hasen

Seattle Times: The state Republican Party filed a lawsuit challenging King County’s use of an online tool to allow voters to fix their challenged ballots, mostly with signature issues. The complaint is the latest development in a monthlong saga to… Continue reading

“Just 51 votes separate these two WA candidates. Next: A statewide recount by hand”

August 21, 2024, 10:43 amrecountsRick Hasen

Seattle Times reports.

Democratic primary for Arizona’s open 3d congressional district to go to automatic recount

August 6, 2024, 3:17 pmprimaries, recounts2024 Primary Election CycleTabatha Abu El-Haj

AP News: “Former Phoenix City Council member Yassamin Ansari led former state lawmaker Raquel Terán by 42 votes, with 42,819 ballots counted — a margin of 0.1 percentage points. . . . Under Arizona law, a recount is triggered… Continue reading

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