This race is over. Republican Dave McCormick ousted Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey in the 2024 election. It’s over. McCormick is senator-elect and should be invited to the Senate’s orientation. Yet, Casey and lawyer Marc Elias are trying to steal the election. That’s not hyperbole—that’s straight from the Wall Street Journal, which scorched the duo for engaging in a black tar heroin version of election denialism (via WSJ) [emphasis mine]:
The Associated Press and most other media have called the Senate race in Pennsylvania for Republican Dave McCormick. But never fear, Democrats, lawyer Marc Elias is on the case trying to steal the seat for incumbent Democrat Bob Casey. Did someone say “election denial”?
Mr. Casey has refused to concede despite trailing by some 40,000 votes as we write this, and Mr. Elias has declared on X that the race isn’t over. The specialist who excavates controversial ballots for Democrats is at it again.
As we write this midday Sunday, the state still has some 87,000 provisional ballots to count. Provisional means the ballots are in question for one legal reason or another, such as not following proper mail-ballot procedure or perhaps a question about voter registration. Mr. Casey is claiming this means he could still overcome Mr. McCormick’s lead.
That’s highly unlikely. About 30,000 provisional ballots are outstanding from Philadelphia and Allegheny County, both Casey strongholds. The others come from the rest of the state, where Mr. McCormick did better. Mr. Casey has won the 7,700 or so provisional ballots counted so far by about 54%-46%. If that margin prevails for the rest of the provisional counting, there’s no way Mr. Casey can win.
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Mr. Elias helped to steal a Senate seat in Minnesota for Al Franken in 2008 by finding a judge to count previously rejected ballots and overturn the lead of Republican Norm Coleman.
The Elias method is to look for friendly judges who will rule in his favor. Pennsylvania has a Republican secretary of state who supervises elections but an especially partisan elected Democratic majority on the state Supreme Court. So far Gov. Josh Shapiro and other officials aren’t commenting on Mr. Elias.
If you are a registered voter but your eligibility to vote at a polling place is uncertain, you have the right to vote a provisional ballot. A provisional ballot records your vote while the county board of elections determines whether it can be counted. (2/3)
— Seth Bluestein (@SethBluestein) November 10, 2024
In my experience provisional ballot results don't differ significantly from the overall voting trends in a particular race. If there are 100,000 ballots to count in a close contest, the overall vote differential is unlikely to change by more than a few thousand. (3/3)
— Seth Bluestein (@SethBluestein) November 10, 2024
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— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) November 11, 2024
The WSJ editorial board takes a blow torch to @Bob_Casey and dark money grifter @marceelias for trying to steal an election in Pennsylvania pic.twitter.com/1DUNTLDKOi
Meanwhile, Dave McCormick’s lead has increased to north of 40,000, in a race that’s already been called for him, and Bob Casey still won’t concede.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) November 10, 2024
You lost, Bob. Your last name couldn’t save you this time. Yet, it’s now astounding that voter integrity and election denialism are becoming wholly adopted antics by liberals. It’s not just in Pennsylvania. Some folks are taking to TikTok and other social media platforms who think a) Elon Musk’s Starlink meddled with the results. That is not true—that network was set up to give Internet access to residents in states ravaged by Hurricane Helene. The other is that Kamala Harris is going to win based on outstanding mail-in votes or something, and it is not happening. The election is over. Trump won. Republicans won. And Dave McCormick won.
We can say this with gusto now: stop the steal.