Pennsylvania Recount Update—Shapiro Sides with GOP Against Faulty Ballots

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has urged county election boards to respect a decision by the state Supreme Court preventing them from counting ballots that are either undated or incorrectly dated in the state's Senate race.

Speaking on Monday following the ruling, Shapiro said: "Any insinuation that our laws can be ignored or do not matter is irresponsible and does damage to faith in our electoral process. The rule of law matters in Pennsylvania."

The Pennsylvania Senate race pitted Democratic incumbent Senator Bob Casey against Republican challenger David McCormick. The GOP candidate leads by around 17,000 votes and the Associated Press has called the race in his favor, but the margin of less than 0.5 percentage points has triggered an automatic recount as required by state law. If Casey's victory is confirmed it would leave the Republicans with 53 Senators against 47 aligned with the Democrats.