Recount Results In Pennsylvania. Some of Trumps supporters however alleged that the count will merely repeat the results of election night which they claim were fraudulent. Under Pennsylvania state law an automatic recount is triggered if one candidate wins by a half of a percentage point or less.
On December 2 Trump and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania asked a court to dismiss the recount. Pennsylvanias top elections official confirmed Friday she will not be ordering a recount or recanvass of her states election results as Republicans rail against officials there over groundless. The decision came as US Attorney General William Barr ordered federal prosecutors to investigate cases of vote rigging in the presidential election.
In Pennsylvania an automatic recount is called if the margin of victory is less than or equal to 05 percentage points.
An election recount is a process by which votes cast in an election are re-tabulated to verify the accuracy of the original results. Under state law the losing candidate can request a recount when. Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers will recount the vote in the state where the electors gave the victory to Joe Biden. Pennsylvania law requires a recount when the margin for a statewide office or ballot measure is less than or equal to 05 percent of the total vote.