Florida's Governor, Senate, Ag Races May Be Subjected To Recount
Source: CBS Miami
Election departments across the state are still counting vote-by-mail, provisional, and overseas ballots.
Gillum is currently .12 percent away from a recount threshold. He just needs 500 vote swing toward his column.
State law requires a recount when candidates are within one-half point when all the votes are counted.
If it reaches .5 percent, it automatically triggers a statewide machine recount. If it goes within .25, it triggers a manual recount.
Read more: https://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/11/07/governors-race-may-be-subjected-to-recount/
As of yesterday, 6 pm, Gillum only needed 500 more vote swings!
cureautismnow
(1,675 posts)Match the paper to the machine totals. Discover the funny business going on.
Native
(5,935 posts)... otherwise, an electronic counter is used.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)But the candidates can request some sort of hand recount. I think Nelson intimated that he would ask for the recount, which I means the hand recount. He is within the narrow % to the winner that an automatic recount has been triggered.
regnaD kciN
(26,035 posts)I seem to recall some minor events concerning a recount in Florida once before...and thanks for keeping us hanging, Chad!
Native
(5,935 posts)and I'm hoping that if enough irregularities show up, Gillum will get one too regardless of the margin.
amywalk
(254 posts)I believe its only fair, Andrew Gillum, gets one as well. 😜😂
Cetacea
(7,367 posts)LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)The races of Gillum and Abrams were hacked by Drump's Russian cronies. Thank goodness County Clerks in Florida and Georgia continue to RESIST for ensuring a Fair Election were ALL VOTES ARE COUNTED.
Also, Gillium should have not Conceded until all votes were counted, just like Abrams refused to do so.
GWC58
(2,678 posts)dirty tricks. Dirty tricks by a soulless party. To quote Mermaid Man theres evil afoot. Yes I just quoted a cartoon character. 🤪
LittleGirl
(8,261 posts)FL or GA or TX counts. I just don't.
Too many hi-jinks going on.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)Knowing that:
1. Republicans cheat.
2. Rick Scott is the governor, so he has the leverage to help the cheating.
2.1 Rick Scott has a history of dirty behaviour
3. Florida is notorious for cheating in elections
4. Poll numbers during the campaign fluctuated, but many times they favored Gillium
5. And did I say republicans cheat?
Also, knowing there were more votes to be counted, why give up so fast? I do hope there is a recount, I have a feeling, and hope, that it will turn out in favor of Gillium.
SKKY
(11,772 posts)Concede, give an inspired concession speech, and then wait for the recount. I think Nelson may be taking one for the team on this by holding out, which is a surprising level of cooperation for Dems.
Native
(5,935 posts)UNPRECEDENTED Dems fear Florida recount is already amiss, by POLITICOs Alexandra Glorioso: Florida is in statewide recount mania. So far, five races are headed for review: The U.S. Senate race, a state cabinet race, a state Senate race and two state House races. And the governors race, with an excruciatingly close vote tally, could also be forced into a recount. This is all new territory. And Democrats are worried theyre starting off on the wrong foot. Florida Democrats are reaching out to every Supervisor of Elections office to receive data on provisional ballots to ensure that everyone who voted has the information they need for their vote to be counted, Florida Democratic Party Executive Director Juan Peñalosa said in an emailed Wednesday. This is an urgent matter and we are hoping they will comply with our legal requests to ensure a fair election.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/florida-playbook/2018/11/08/recount-mania-gillums-002-percent-away-from-recount-how-florida-leans-trump-for-2020-did-cubans-keep-florida-red-bondi-for-ag-or-acosta-343049
These inexplicable discrepancies need to be explained. For instance, how is it possible that Nelson got more votes from AA women than did Gillum? That simply is not possible.
Native
(5,935 posts)and that 5 page ballot in Broward, front and back, 18x6, was insane! A lot of people thought the Senate race wasn't even on it.