a week has passed since the pennsylvania
primary and we're still not any closer
to determining a winner in the
republican race for senate the latest
tally shows tv dr mehmet oz with a razor
thin lead of just under 1 000 votes over
his rival david mccormick counties in
pennsylvania have until 5 pm eastern to
submit their unofficial results to the
secretary of state nbc news
correspondent dr burns joins us now from
philadelphia with the latest on the race
dasha good morning so where do we stand
right now one week after this primary we
know david mccormick's campaign took
some action yesterday what can you tell
us about that
yeah joe bear with me here more twists
and turns in this race that has still
not come to any sort of conclusion
there was a court decision a third
circuit court decision on friday about
an election in 2021 that could have an
impact on this race the court ruled that
undated ballots ballots were voters
neglected to put a date on the envelope
could be counted in a november 2021 race
now what does that mean for this
election well the mccormick campaign
says it means that undated ballots in
this race those mail-ins where voters
didn't put a date should be counted the
oz campaign is arguing the opposite now
the mccormack campaign has filed a
lawsuit to compel counties to in fact
count those
count those ballots what will that mean
how many of those ballots are out there
we still don't know those exact numbers
or how much it could impact uh the
ultimate outcome but we know that this
race is incredibly close less than a
thousand votes separating the two
candidates so there is a world in which
this lawsuit and this fight over what to
do with these ballots could could impact
the outcome here joe okay so we were
just talking about former president
trump and his influence we know that he
endorsed dr oz earlier in this campaign
where does the pennsylvania gop stand in
the race are they favoring one candidate
over another at this point or just
sitting back and waiting to see who
actually wins
well so trump endorsed oz and he's been
saying that oz should go ahead and claim
victory here the odds campaign has not
done so the pennsylvania gop hasn't
necessarily
picked a favorite candidate but they
have sided with oz on this battle over
those undated ballots saying that they
should not be counted the rnc did the
same actually their chair ronna
mcdaniels was on fox news
over the weekend saying that these
ballots shouldn't be counted
overall the republican party seems to be
uh pushing for leaving those ballots out
um tossing them and not counting those
votes joe all right so let's talk about
the process what are the next steps once
the counties do submit those results to
the state are we expecting we'll get
those numbers soon or will we have the
recount first considering the margin
right now
so here's where we're at by 5 pm today
counties have to submit their unofficial
results to the department of state then
tomorrow
we will have a very clear picture of
just how close this race is and whether
or not there will be a recount most
likely there will be so tomorrow the
candidate who is trailing has the option
to decline the recount to say let's just
call it now it's probably not going to
happen considering how much money both
of these campaigns have poured into this
how hard both uh campaigns are fighting
on thursday the secretary of state will
order a recount and from there june 1st
is the latest that a recount can start
once the recount starts they have five
days to wrap the whole thing up so if
we're looking at june 7th at the latest
that we should have uh an outcome here
hopefully for all our sakes it's sooner
than that but that is the absolute
deadline joe or another curveball be
thrown and who knows how long this is
going to go for us
dasha burns thank you for breaking it
all down we appreciate it hallie jackson
now is going to broadcast live from
georgia for the primary election
coverage starting at 5 p.m eastern
tonight hopefully that one won't have a
weeks-long recount and 8 p.m eastern
tonight chuck todd and kristen welker
are going to host in-depth coverage and
analysis of election results in alabama
georgia and more you can watch the meet
the press election night special tonight
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