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>> john: the republican senate in pennsylvania too close to call. oz and mccormick separated by a few thousand votes. it could eventually decide the balance of power in washington. john roberts good to see you here today. >> gillian: great to be with you, back from coverage the johnny depp trial in fairfax. secretary of state of pennsylvania is saying its going to be a few days before the republican primary can be called. that race will be sent to a recount if the margin remains within...

>> if the republicans want less litigation engage in less voter suppression, ill make them a deal. if they stop suppressing the vote, i will stop suing them. >> i think were one, maybe two election cycles away from a constitutional crisis because you now have one of the two major parties in this country that is no longer committed to free and fair elections. >> laura: so worried about preserving public trust in our elections. marc elias form worked to suppress the hand counting of ballots by one...

Will be challenged by an individual, he will predetermine the decision before he knows the will of the voters, that is extremism. and we cant accept it. look, my opponent is not a serious candidate, but the threat he represents is extreme. he knows he cannot win these elections unless he changes the rules, that is exactly what he is doing. he is changing the rules in realtime. >> cisco, i want to go back to something youre talking about with the hand counting of ballots. i think we have not been...

PAHRUMP, Nev. — A county in Nevada started an unprecedented hand count of its midterm election ballots Wednesday, a process fueled by concerns over possible inaccuracies with trusting just voting machines.

Harassment of election officials, restrictions on voting drop boxes, and more." so, dana, take us through this. i mean, what are democrats up against when you have disinformation flying around and actually turning into policy? >> yeah. i mean, the interesting thing to note here is its not necessarily going to be fraud. thats not what were talking about here. its not sort of the mirror image of the big lie. its chaos. what im seeing in nevada is -- you know, first of all you have all these offici...

Nevadans consistently. >> trump allies have targeted the ballot drop boxes and mail-in voting. jim marchand, your opponent, is calling for elections by paper ballots and hand counting, which i guess is that going back to the 1800s. what is your reaction to these proposals that theyre doing? >> again, hes trying to change the rules on the election cycle because he knows that if he does not change the rules, he and his friends could not win elections like this. extremists are not welcomed in nevad...

Count. why? distrust about machines driven by lies about election machines. >> they are not connected to the internet. and this is regulated throughout the country. >> thats a perspective. there are a lot of people -- again, the voters in this county dont believe that. and whether its true or not, their perception is their reality. >> reporter: kampf says he will still use dominion machines and compare the result. >> it should be a reality and it should be a five alarm fire for everyone who care...

Voting machines. >> paper ballot and hand counting. we can do it. we used to do it. >> reporter: 2020 deniers despite no evidence of widespread fraud won, and not just in arizona. >> ah, thank you, michigan. >> reporter: but in michigan this week republican gubernatorial nominee tudor dixon. >> yes or no do you believe that donald trump legitimately won in 2020 in michigan? >> yes. >> reporter: now dixon is dodging that question. >> there were some things that happened in michigan that didnt hap...

Says he wants to eliminate all voting machines. >> paper ballots, hand counting on one day. >> reporter: election experts say that would mean months long counts. 2020 deniers despite no evidence of widespread fraud won. and not just in arizona. but in michigan this week, tudor dixon. >> do you believe donald trump won the election in michigan? >> yes. >> reporter: now, dixon is dodging that question. >> in michigan there were things that happened in michigan that didnt happen in other states. >>...

Of total ballots cast anna. -- pretty much dead on accurate. most academic studies show that out on a hand tell you have between one and 2%, but with these ballot marking devices with the voter intended is very clear and made a lot easier to connect the hand counting which showed none of that to be true. >> i understand that when you review these tapes into the analysis, they disproved this conspiracy theory. i understand you still had to take a lot of steps to make sure that everyone knew the t...