AP may retract their call in FL Gov Race to "Too close to Call"

[book_worm]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Latest on the Florida election (all times local):

4:45 p.m.

The Associated Press is closely monitoring the race for governor in Florida, where election officials continue to count absentee ballots.

AP on Tuesday called the election for Republican Ron DeSantis over Democrat Andrew Gillum. DeSantis holds a lead of 38,613 votes out of more than 8.2 million ballots counted — a margin of 0.47 percentage points.

Under Florida law, a recount is mandatory if the margin of the winning candidate is less than 0.5 percentage points when the first unofficial count is verified Saturday by Florida’s secretary of state.

Should that count show DeSantis with a margin of less than 0.5 percentage points, triggering a recount, AP will retract its call for DeSantis. It is AP policy not to call a race that is facing a recount.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-latest-ap-closely-monitoring-florida-governors-race/2018/11/08/9002fd74-e3a0-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html?utm_term=.e040a8fc6541

If this is so, shouldn't they have retracted it already?

[rzemanfl]

1. I have been waiting for payback for 18 years. n/t

[dewsgirl]

2. The first time I was old enough to vote was during

that mess. I so agree with you.

[rzemanfl]

3. I was 53. n/t

[musicblind]

5. Me too!

I had just turned 18 only days before and voted for my first time in the 2000 Presidential election. I went back to my dorm to watch the results come in and wow... what an introduction.

[msongs]

4. no legal standing, means nothing. just PR only the state certifies the winner nt

[Garrett78]

6. I can't understand why Gillum conceded. If roles were reversed, there's no chance...

DeSantis or any Republican opponent would have conceded.