Schumer withholds Senate orientation invite from McCormick

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Politico

11/10/2024 05:01 PM EST


Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will not allow Sen.-elect Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) to participate in Senate orientation this week because he doesn’t consider the race to be resolved yet. Though the Associated Press projected Thursday that McCormick defeated Democrat incumbent Bob Casey in Pennsylvania’s Senate race, Casey has yet to concede, claiming that there are still thousands of ballots left to be counted.

“With over 100,000 ballots left to be counted in Pennsylvania, the race has not been decided. As is custom, we will invite the winner once the votes are counted,” a spokesperson for Schumer wrote in a statement. As of Sunday at 4:30 p.m., McCormick was ahead by approximately 39,000 votes.

“Schumer is not allowing @DaveMcCormickPA to participate in Senate orientation this week because Casey refuses to concede the race. What happened to all the demands that our leaders accept the outcome of the elections?” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said in a social media post Sunday.

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) has also not been invited to orientation yet as his race against Republican Kari Lake has yet to be called. Gallego is ahead by approximately 48,000 votes. (The Associated Press has not called that race; the New York Times has not called either the Pennsylvania or Arizona race.)

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/10/schumer-casey-mccormick-senate-orientation-00188644

[Ontheboundry]

1. This being blown up by the right

But it really is proper

I think McCormick and Gallego will both win, but Schumer is gonna allow the process to happen

[FBaggins]

2. I thought the tradition was to invite both candidates in uncalled elections

I know the House new member orientation works that way

[BigMin28]

3. Yes

Because that will teach them a lesson. Too little, too late for Schumer to finally do something.

[Macrophylla]

4. Tradition

Please tell me another joke!!!!
That's now just a thing of the past, better get over it now.

[orangecrush]

10. Congratulations on 69 posts

[LiberalArkie]

5. Are the ballots stuck in U.S. Postal trucks? Maybe in Alabama or Arkanstan?

[BumRushDaShow]

6. There were something like 20,000 provisional ballots outstanding in Philly alone

and that was over the weekend. The last tranche reported was Saturday evening where they updated to just under 1000 tallied so far. Didn't see any updates yesterday.

[LiberalArkie]

7. I wonder when Roberts will order the count stopped? Per 2000 Florida

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Well in this case

the issue wouldn't be installing a President or even ensuring a GOP majority in the Senate, so I doubt they would get involved.

[ancianita]

12. Isn't PA's recount deadline on Thursday? At which point, it would be moot if PA's still doing first time counts.

The law on recounts seem fair, but the delays in counting work against their being used. I wonder if working around recount laws is also part of the Republican suppression equation in battlegrounds.

My fear is that if Rethugs are in a vote war of attrition, they might just succeed in battleground election workers giving up in 2026 and beyond. And I just can't rule out the problems discovered with "tabulators," whatever that entails.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. No - November 12th is the deadline for when military/overseas ballots need to be received

So after that, whatever came in on that day would also need to be added to the outstanding, mostly provisional ballots, that still need to be counted.

In 2020, Biden's final "totals" took about 14 days and we are just 6 days in this year.

[ancianita]

14. Got it. Thanks for the history on PA. It's good to know because most Americans believe the count is over.

And Rethugs are doing nothing to disabuse them of that fact. They'll probably even lie and say the late decisions are due to Democratic cheating.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Because of the provisions of the Electoral Count Act(s)

States are bound by certain deadlines in law, to certify their votes and issue their Certificates of Ascertainment.

https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/key-dates

That December 11th date is pretty much the drop dead date for counting.

[ancianita]

19. Thanks. Yep, now's the time to re-read the Electoral Count Act.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. I did see one thing related to a "Nov. 14th" date

and that has to do with any triggered re-counts if a difference between candidates amounts to 0.5% or less.

I know this past year, even up until the Friday before the election, the courts were back and forth about the mail ballots and the last decisions that came through included one NOT to count mail ballots without a date, but TO count any provisional ballots that were submitted as replacements for mail ballots with missing dates and/or signatures, lacked ID verification, or any other reasons that the ballot was rejected.

[ancianita]

22. Me, too. Good points on the court battles and how they might use or reject state laws/rules/regulations.

Triggered recounts might/might not work in our favor, but it's a good thing that at least finished first counts can trigger them.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. A tangible demonstration that we still have rules.

[jalan48]

11. Way to stand up, Chuck! The resistance to Fascism begins!

[GoreWon2000]

16. Schumer

was 1 of the Senate dems who wouldn't co-sponsor the Congressional Black Caucus's challenge to the fraudulent Florida 2000 vote count,

[jalan48]

20. What a surprise. He has always stuck me a real, maintain the status quo, kinda guy.

[The Mouth]

23. If you're a Senator the odds are good that the status quo is pretty pleasant.

[jalan48]

24. True, it's a great gig with lots of perks.

[GoreWon2000]

15. AZ media is reporting Gallego as the winner

[Abolishinist]

18. As well they should.

He is ahead by 69,000 votes, with 257,000 left to count. By my calculation, she would need 73% to make it a tie.

Also, the remaining votes are in counties that he is winning.

As an aside, the Green Party candidate has received 68,000 votes.

[GoreWon2000]

25. The AP has finally called it for Gallego

and he's now given his very nice victory speech. It's a ray of hope in a sea of darkness.