cost Pennsylvania Senate recount That figure is expected to exceed $1 million as Republicans seek to block three Democrat-friendly counties from counting votes against the apparent wishes of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt, a Philadelphia Republican appointed by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, said Thursday that automatic recounts would be triggered if the unofficial margin falls within 0.5%.

GOP Sen.-elect David McCormick and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey Jr. are separated by 0.43% with a maximum of 80,000 provisional and mail-in ballots to be counted, Schmidt said in a video address.

At a press conference, McCormick representatives analyzed the raw data and calculated a “zero” path (with or without a recount) for Casey to beat his bosses.

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The last automatic recount between McCormick and cardiovascular surgeon Mehmet Oz cost Pennsylvania taxpayers $1.053 million and resulted in Oz advancing to the general election against John Fetterman, Schmidt said.

In Casey’s case, about 7 million votes There will be a recount, and counties must report their data to Schmidt by Nov. 27.

In three of the state’s eight previous automatic recounts, the trailing candidate waived the opportunity.

Pennsylvania’s top legislative Republican also criticized the incumbent for refusing to abandon the costly recount.

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“Throughout his entire career, Senator Casey has publicly called for the application of the rule of law and upholding judicial norms,” said House Minority Leader Bryan Cutler of Lancaster.

“The facts and the law are clear: The election was free and fair; Dave McCormick is our new U.S. senator; costly, statewide recounts were unnecessary and duplicative; and Democratic-controlled counties are now openly defying the courts and the plain language of the U.S. Election law, a legal election He’s trying to reverse the outcome.”

Cutler said Casey should “immediately” concede and stop the recount. multiple lawsuits It’s about race across the state.

McCormick’s campaign call heralded reports from Bucks, Center and Philadelphia counties that election boards were prepared to count a small number of undated or incorrectly dated ballots.

Bob Casey and Dave McCormick (Getty Images)

Republicans said that ran afoul of a recent decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, where Democrats hold a 5-2 majority.

The high panel declined to rule on the merits of the September case, rejecting a lower court ruling that Philadelphia and Allegheny counties should count incorrectly dated or undated ballots from the previous election.

The RNC filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court, urging it to reaffirm its recent decision.

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Although the Casey campaign did not immediately return a request for comment, campaign manager Tiernan Donohue told PennLive that the campaign is working to ensure that all “Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard.”

“McCormick and his allies are working to disenfranchise Pennsylvania voters and spread misinformation,” Donohue said.

Fox News Digital reached out to officials in Bellefonte; where the Center County election board has signaled its intention to count undated ballots.

McCormick and Pennsylvania GOP sue Center County and a hearing is held was planned Friday at Bellefonte. The plaintiffs claimed Centre’s decision was “legally erroneous.”

The county, which is mostly rural and home to Penn State University, was ground zero for Republicans looking to advance into Democrat-friendly areas.

Philadelphia Commissioner Al Schmidt testified at a House hearing on Jan. 6. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Philadelphia city commissioners also voted 2-1 to count approximately 607 question ballots.

In response to Fox News Digital, the board said many counties voted to count “a relatively small number of undated and incorrectly dated mail ballots” and accepted the GOP lawsuit.

“We are reviewing the applications,” Board Chairs Omar Sabir and Lisa Deeley, both Democrats and Republican Seth Bluestein, said in a joint statement.

In Doylestown, Bucks County Board of Elections Chairman Bob J. Harvie Jr. told KYW that he would rather “be in favor of counting ballots than not counting them.”

“I believe the courts will address this issue. So we will be sued in both cases,” he said.