Republicans file 12 Pennsylvania lawsuits in 'aggressive' push to end recount

FIRST ON FOX — Senior Republican Party officials announced Monday that they are filing 12 lawsuits successful Pennsylvania arsenic portion of an ongoing effort to "aggressively" support their pickup successful the intimately watched Keystone State Senate race.

Speaking to reporters connected a telephone Monday, GOP officials said they person been moving intimately with Republican campaigner Dave McCormick's run successful an effort to protect his Senate win implicit three-term incumbent Democrat Sen. Bob Casey, who has refused to concede decision and has secured a statewide recount.

Both nationalist and authorities Republican parties person filed lawsuits successful four counties crossed Pennsylvania, urging the courts to not number mail-in ballots with either incorrect oregon missing dates, successful accordance with a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling earlier this month.

Republicans noted the defiance they've encountered from immoderate region Democratic leaders, including successful Philadelphia, including Bucks County, Center County and Delaware County — 4 areas that the GOP focused their archetypal question of lawsuits.

"Democrat officials are connected video saying that they're going to take to interruption the law, and determination volition beryllium ineligible consequences for that," a elder enactment authoritative told Fox News. 

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Senator Bob Casey (D- PA) addresses supporters earlier erstwhile President Barack Obama speaks during a run rally successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

In summation to these lawsuits, enactment officials told Fox News Monday that they are filing 8 further tribunal challenges successful Pennsylvania. The efforts are aimed astatine ensuring McCormick's triumph is upheld, and confirming that lone ineligible votes are counted.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled earlier the predetermination that mail-in ballots lacking formally required signatures oregon dates should not beryllium included successful authoritative results.

But Democratic officials successful Philadelphia and different parts of the state, including Bucks County, Centre County, and Montgomery County, person not complied with that order, RNC officials said, prompting the litigation.

Speaking to reporters connected a telephone Monday, Republican Party Chair Michael Whatley said elder RNC officials person been "coordinating intimately with Dave McCormick's run to guarantee that this hard won Senate spot volition beryllium protected."

He besides vowed to support "an aggressive, broad and strategical ineligible posture for arsenic agelong arsenic it takes to guarantee that this predetermination is going to beryllium certified" successful Pennsylvania.

"The RNC and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania are aggressively warring backmost to bring an extremity to this corrupt and despicable conduct" successful the state, Whatley said. 

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Former US President and Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump (L) listens arsenic David McCormick, campaigner for United States Senator, speaks during a run rally successful Reading, Pennsylvania, connected November 4, 2024.  (ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

McCormick's unofficial borderline of triumph stands astatine astir 17,000 votes, oregon wrong the 0.5% threshold required under Pennsylvania law to trigger an automatic recount.

But RNC officials challenged the conception that the Senate recount—which volition proceed done Nov. 26 — volition alteration the result successful immoderate substantive way.

They person decried the effort, which costs an estimated $1 million, arsenic a discarded of payer money, noting that since 2000, determination person been conscionable 3 statewide predetermination recounts successful Pennsylvania, and each has resulted successful an mean alteration of 393 votes.

In a "worst case" scenario, they said, the uncounted provisional, mail-in and absentee ballots could trim McCormick's borderline of triumph "to possibly 14,000" votes.

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A ample assemblage waits for the accomplishment of erstwhile President Donald Trump astatine a rally successful Butler, PA connected Saturday, October 5, 2024.  (Matthew McDermott for Fox News Digital)

To wit, nationalist and authorities Republican officials said they person deployed "hundreds of attorneys and different observers" connected the crushed astatine recount sites successful "every region successful Pennsylvania," they said, to guarantee the process is conducted freely and fairly.

Speaking to reporters Monday, Pennsylvania Republican Party seat Lawrence Tabas took purpose astatine the terms of the recount, which is estimated to beryllium astir $1 million. 

He besides criticized imaginable governmental ramifications of the recount, which helium said threatened to erode elector assurance successful the predetermination system.

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This has been a predominant assertion repeated by Republicans arsenic they question to situation the recount.

"The Casey run could extremity the recount astatine immoderate time," Tabas said. "And determination are governmental ramifications of eroding the voters' assurance successful elections that has been built. So we request to halt this effort astatine electioneering and state McCormick the winner."

At the extremity of the day, helium said: "There's nary mathematical mode to execute what the Casey folks seemingly deliberation they tin achieve."