Butler County’s recount underway, could take 2 days
The Butler County Bureau of Elections staff began recounting ballots Wednesday in the too-close-to-call Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania between candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick.
The local election staff is expected to take two days to complete its recount procedures.
The automatic recount was triggered in Pennsylvania after Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon, and McCormick, a former hedge fund executive, saw a less than .5% difference in their total votes during the May 17 primary.
According to Wil White, county solicitor, recounts are not a normal occurrence, but this is the second one the election staff is experiencing.
“If the difference between two candidates is between certain degrees, in this case it’s .5%, an automatic recount kicks in. This is twice now we’ve had this, once in the November election,” he said. “It’s unusual to be two elections in a row.”
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