Question about Florida vote totals

[Jersey Devil]

I know that all the counties in Fla had to report their totals today, I think at about noon.

I also know that as of yesterday they had not finished counting in Broward and some other places.

I also see the vote total today is slightly different than yesterday, with Nelson down about 12k today vs 15k yesterday.

Here is my question: Did Broward finish counting all the votes they had or did they just stop counting when the deadline hit today at noon and report the votes they had counted with some still left to add in on the recount?

[RockRaven]

1. I think they announced triggered the recount before all of the votes were finished

and I think they will include those not-yet-counted in the recount.

One thing to watch on the recount -- FL law demands the result be certified by 12 days after election day. That's the hard deadline to get these votes properly counted/recounted. Anything not counted by then won't be.

[manor321]

2. I don't have your answers

I'm not an expert so I can't answer you for sure.

For the Senate race, the main thing we want to see is if there is evidence that the "undervotes" were due to the machine not being able to read the ballots. If we get lucky, that will be the cause. And a hand recount would find them.

[Jersey Devil]

3. yes, thanks, understood about the undervotes

I have read there were 24k to 26k of undervotes. I am also hoping they were from machine error since the undervote was much higher than anywhere else, though the ballots in the 24th CD (Broward or part of Broward?) were slightly different from ballots in other areas because in the 24th the congressional race was uncontested, moving the senate portion to another spot on the first page.

I was wondering about any other uncounted ballots because it seems to me that even 24k undervotes due to machine error are not going to make up the 12k deficit that exists now.

[KCDebbie]

4. I think Florida can count absentee ballots received from

Overseas postmarked up to 10 days after the election...

At least, that's how I read it!