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 in Philadelphia challenging 15,000 to 20,000 provisional ballots that city elections officials were set to consider counting this morning.
In a contest where McCormick narrowly leads Casey by roughly 30,000 votes, whether those ballots in Philadelphia – and similarly cast provisional votes from voters in other counties – are counted has the potential to “impact … the outcome of the election,” McCormick’s attorney George Bochetto wrote.
The McCormick campaign did not immediately respond to questions about the lawsuits, including why the filings suggested the ballots could affect the outcome of the election when McCormick has declared victory and said there’s no way Casey could win…