McCormick recount would look like in Pennsylvania

Casey, McCormick in tight Senate race: What would a ballot recount look like in Pennsylvania?

What would trigger a recount?

In the Pennsylvania race for U.S. Senate, Republican challenger Dave McCormick still holds a slight lead over Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, but not by enough. The difference in votes is too narrow to project a winner."If we have to go to a recount, our elections department is starting to plan for that. So we're very close to that margin of error, half a percentage. We're just one of 67 counties that will have to do this," said Daniel Camp, chairman of the Beaver County Board of Elections."This is the first time I can remember the Senate race was this close. Obviously, a lot of individuals came out and voted," said Camp.| U.S. SENATE | U.S. HOUSE | ATTORNEY GENERAL | TREASURER | AUDITOR GENERAL | ALLEGHENY COUNTY | ARMSTRONG COUNTY | BEAVER COUNTY | BUTLER COUNTY | CLARION COUNTY | FAYETTE COUNTY | FOREST COUNTY | GREENE COUNTY | INDIANA COUNTY | JEFFERSON COUNTY | LAWRENCE COUNTY | MERCER COUNTY | WASHINGTON COUNTY | VENANGO COUNTY | WESTMORELAND COUNTYAccording to the Pennsylvania Department of State, the secretary of the commonwealth, Al Schmidt, will order all county boards of election to conduct a recount if a candidate who appears on the ballot in every district is defeated by one half of one percent of the vote or less. The secretary will issue that order by 5 p.m. on the second Thursday following the day of the election.In counties like Beaver, they would have to open all 129 precincts and their sealed boxes. For mail-in ballots, it differs."We'll just go through the process that we went through the other night with the mail-in ballots using a different scanner, per the election code," said Camp.PGlmcmFtZSBjbGFzcz0iYXAtZW1iZWQiIHRpdGxlPSJMaXZlIGVsZWN0aW9uIHJlc3VsdHMgdmlhIHRoZSBBc3NvY2lhdGVkIFByZXNzIiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmVzLmFwLm9yZy9lbGVjdGlvbi1yZXN1bHRzL2N1c3RvbWVycy9sYXlvdXRzL29yZ2FuaXphdGlvbi1sYXlvdXRzL3B1Ymxpc2hlZC80Nzc2OS8xNjYxOC5odG1sIiB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgZnJhbWVib3JkZXI9IjAiIHNjcm9sbGluZz0ibm8iIG1hcmdpbmhlaWdodD0iMCI+PC9pZnJhbWU+PHNjcmlwdCBkZWZlciBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmVzLmFwLm9yZy9lbGVjdGlvbi1yZXN1bHRzL2Fzc2V0cy9taWNyb3NpdGUvcmVzaXplQ2xpZW50LmpzIj48L3NjcmlwdD4=County boards of elections must submit a written recount plan to the state by 5 p.m. Friday following the election."We're looking at a two- to three-day window that will probably take to scan all 129 precincts, plus the 23,000 mail-in ballots we had here in Beaver County," said Camp.Beaver County says financially, it wouldn't put a strain on counties, but "it puts a strain on time constraint because we have to certify this election, so there's provisional ballots that needs to be counted, there's other items that need to be done by a certain date," said Camp.

"If we have to go to a recount, our elections department is starting to plan for that. So we're very close to that margin of error, half a percentage. We're just one of 67 counties that will have to do this," said Daniel Camp, chairman of the Beaver County Board of Elections.

"This is the first time I can remember the Senate race was this close. Obviously, a lot of individuals came out and voted," said Camp.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of State, the secretary of the commonwealth, Al Schmidt, will order all county boards of election to conduct a recount if a candidate who appears on the ballot in every district is defeated by one half of one percent of the vote or less. The secretary will issue that order by 5 p.m. on the second Thursday following the day of the election.

In counties like Beaver, they would have to open all 129 precincts and their sealed boxes. For mail-in ballots, it differs.

"We'll just go through the process that we went through the other night with the mail-in ballots using a different scanner, per the election code," said Camp.

County boards of elections must submit a written recount plan to the state by 5 p.m. Friday following the election.

"We're looking at a two- to three-day window that will probably take to scan all 129 precincts, plus the 23,000 mail-in ballots we had here in Beaver County," said Camp.

Beaver County says financially, it wouldn't put a strain on counties, but "it puts a strain on time constraint because we have to certify this election, so there's provisional ballots that needs to be counted, there's other items that need to be done by a certain date," said Camp.

McCormick recount would look like in Pennsylvania

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