Philadelphia joins the statewide recount of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race

Описание: (20 Nov 2024)

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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Philadelphia – 20 November 2024
1. Wide of Philadelphia Election Warehouse
2. Mid of workers operating scanning machine
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Omar Sabir, Philadelphia City Commissioner:
“As you all know, the closely contested election for the United States Senate in Pennsylvania between Bob Casey and Republican Dave McCormack has triggered a state mandated recount. Here in Philadelphia, this means that the board of elections will recount all in-person, mail and provisional ballots, a process that began this morning and is expected to between 2 to 4 days.”
4. Close up of scanning machine running
5. Worker’s hand pressing screen

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ARCHIVE: Philadelphia – 28 October 2024
6. Sen. Bob Casey on stage

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ARCHIVE: Scranton, Pennsylvania – 9 October 2024
7. Republican David McCormick on stage with Trump during campaign rally

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Philadelphia – 20 November 2024
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa M. Deeley, Philadelphia City Commissioner:
“Currently, this race is extremely close. Hence the recount. Just 0.24% separate Bob Casey and Dave McCormick to determine who will represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate for the next six years. That percentage translates to just 16,672 votes. That's the difference.”
9. Ballot storage area
10. Worker tidying up ballots
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa M. Deeley, Philadelphia City Commissioner:
“Every election, we, people that wanted to vote by mail, they go through a process where they say, yes, I would like to vote by mail. They get their mail ballot. They take the time to vote on it and they get their mail ballot back to us. We know mail ballots that we get in time and we know the mail ballots that we don't get in time. If we know we got a mail ballot in time, that therefore, makes that date written on that envelope immaterial. We know we got that ballot in time, and therefore, I believe, in my opinion, that that ballot should count.”
12. Worker pressing on screen
13. Close up of scanning machine taking ballots in
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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Bluestein, Philadelphia City Commissioner:
“Yeah, it has been my long-held position that the handwritten date on the outer envelope of the mail ballots is immaterial. That being said, I also believe it is our job as elections officials and administrators to follow the law as written by the legislature and enforced by the courts.”
15. Wide of Philadelphia Election Warehouse
STORYLINE:
Philadelphia begins its recount of the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick as unofficial results from the Election Day have triggered a legally required statewide recount. 

As of Monday, McCormick led by about 17,000 votes out of almost 7 million ballots counted — inside the 0.5% margin threshold to trigger an automatic recount under Pennsylvania law.

The Associated Press called the race for McCormick last week, concluding that not enough ballots remained to be counted in areas Casey was winning for him to take the lead.

As the race headed toward a recount, which must be concluded by next Tuesday, Republicans have been claiming that Democrats are trying to steal McCormick’s seat by counting “illegal votes.” Casey’s campaign has said Republicans are trying to block enough votes to prevent him from pulling ahead and winning.





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