Daily News | Mehmet Oz just called himself the ‘presumptive’ Pa. Republican Senate nominee even though a recount is on
“This narrow difference triggers an automatic recount,” he said, “and we look forward to a swift resolution.”
Oz, who has the backing of former President Donald Trump, shared the video on Twitter saying, “It’s time to unite.”“Dr. Oz should declare victory. It makes it much harder for them to cheat with the ballots that they ‘just happened to find,’” Trump said on Truth Social, the social media platform that he helped found.Oz’s campaign has taken a more cautious approach.
The recount will take several days, but the actual process of counting votes should go faster than it did after ballots were initially cast in the May 17 primary. Voters should expect the numbers to change slightly in the recount, as some ballots previously scanned by machines are reviewed by humans — and as both campaigns closely watch, and maybe fight over, single votes.
The recount is expected to cost $1 million to administer and must be completed by June 7. It should run fairly smoothly. Elections officials have recent experience from when an automatic recount was triggered in last November’s statewide Commonwealth Court race.
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