The fallout from the 2024 election isn't nearly as bad as it was after the 2020 election, but in Pennsylvania, lawyers from both sides of a debate are hard at work attempting to secure wins.

According to the Washington Examiner, the battle between incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Republican challenger David McCormick has sparked dozens of lawsuits, and courts, including the state's Supreme Court, are attempting to close cases.

Casey has still not conceded, and an explosive legal challenge over uncounted ballots continues to make headlines.

The big debate is whether or not certain provisional ballots should be counted in the race, which has already been called by most major media outlets, including the Associated Press.

What's happening?

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Casey’s campaign filed suit to have just over 2,000 provisional ballots counted in the race, a move that was shot down by the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia County.

According to the outlet, the ballots in question "were either missing an outer envelope signature or were not enclosed in a secrecy envelope."

Not surprisingly, Democrats have argued that the ballots should be counted and that mistakes were made by poll workers that shouldn't be held against the voter who cast the ballot.

The Examiner noted:

Specifically, the lawsuit claimed there was proof that some poll workers did not provide voters with inner secrecy envelopes or failed to instruct voters on how to use them and what was required to make sure their ballots were properly counted. The lawsuit also argued that because voters who wished to cast a provisional ballot must first sign an affidavit on the outermost envelope, they should not be penalized for failing to provide a second signature on the provisional ballot envelope.

Democrats behind the lawsuit filed a petition arguing why the ballots should be counted.

"Denying qualified voters the right to have their provisional ballot counted, even when election officials have determined that the voter is eligible, and the voter has signed a ‘written affirmation’ confirming that they are properly registered, id., would violate these federal protections of the right to vote; thus this Court should reverse the decision of the Philadelphia County Board of Elections."

Additional battles

Republicans are also behind some of the lawsuits, specifically one that intends to have 58 provisional ballots thrown out.

A Chester County court denied Republican lawyers who argued that the ballots "were missing the signature of the judge of elections, minority inspector, or, in some cases, both."

As it stands, there are a staggering 18 different lawsuits in the Pennsylvania court system regarding the outcome of the 2024 election.

So far, the state's high court has mostly sided with McCormick, yet some officials are still refusing to comply with the high court's orders.