Pennsylvania Supreme Court Hands McCormick Major Win in Quest To Wrap Up Recount, Exclude Illegal Ballots

David McCormick, who has been declared the winner of the race by the Associated Press, attended new member orientation just this past week.

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Senator-elect McCormick at the Capitol. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

Senator-elect David McCormick’s apparent victory over Senator Casey in the Pennsylvania contest won a major victory on Monday after the state Supreme Court reaffirmed that provisional and mail ballots with date or signature issues must be excluded from the recount effort. Mr. Casey had slowly narrowed the gap with Mr. McCormick as Democratic county commissioners allowed for the counting of those ballots to take place. 

Mr. Casey — who was declared the loser of the race by the Associated Press last week — is on track to lose his Senate seat by just about 20,000 votes out of nearly 7 million cast. Because Mr. McCormick is only winning the contest by about two-tenths of one percentage point, Pennsylvania will conduct a recount. Under state law, recounts are mandatory when the margin of victory falls within half a percent. 

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