TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s secretary of state has ordered a manual recount in the state’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race.
Department of State spokeswoman Sarah Revell said in a news release Thursday evening that unofficial returns from a machine recount had triggered a second recount in the Senate race and the state agriculture commissioner’s race.
The release said the results of the manual recounts are due by noon Sunday.
Unofficial recount results on the secretary of state’s website show Republican Gov. Rick Scott with a .15 percentage point lead over Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. State law requires a hand recount of races with margins of 0.25 percentage points or less.
I guess half a loaf is better than none.
OTH Rethugliklans are not likely to win another elected position for anything in Florida now that ex-cons will have their voting rights restored. Poor bastards.
It all depends on the lengths of sentences for the would be felons among the current Republican officeholders.
FYI, in the TPM voting rights series, there is an article on the FL issue. According to a linked article which got data from the Sentencing Project, a majority of those felons are white. So, how many will vote D if they vote at all? It’s an interesting turn of events and rightfully so because the old system was broke.
The hand recount of the entire state is what I’ve wanted. Let’s see it happen. Elias will make sure that all valid ballots get counted.
I agree!
If GOPers stick w/this trumpism BS, they can forget it! Eventually the suffering is going to be felt by his puny supporters and soon the GOP will have only the few 1%ers left supporting them!