Dave McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, requested a hand recount in 12 Pennsylvania counties in the state’s primary election on Tuesday.
McCormick’s request for a hand recount comes as he reportedly trails celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz by less than 1,000 votes out of the more than 1.3 million cast by Pennsylvania Republicans.
Because Oz’s razor-thin lead is within the 0.5 percent threshold, an automatic recount was triggered. The automatic recount is different from McCormick’s request for a hand recount because the mandated recount is done with machines.
Pennsylvania counties have until June 8 to finish and submit their recount results to the Department of State.
McCormick’s plea for a hand recount in 12 counties is over the alleged “15-20 thousand vote discrepancy between the ballots cast and the ballots counted,” according to a McCormick campaign…
