American elections: in Florida, the votes are recounted

Washington (APA / dpa / AFP) – In Florida, because of the extremely tight electoral prospects, a recount of votes takes place in two well-known US ballots. That's what state officials said on Saturday, as reported in unison with the US media.

Florida election laws provide for an automatic recount, provided that the difference between two candidates is less than 0.5 percentage points. This is now the case – both in the race for the Senate seat in the Senate and in the race for the governorship. Florida Justice Minister Ken Detzner ordered the 67 counties to submit the recount results no later than Thursday afternoon (9:00 pm CET).

Development foresees a violent political conflict. Republicans, led by US President Donald Trump, suspect attempts at fraud.

The Americans had already voted for a new convention on Tuesday. The 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the US Senate, the other chamber of the US Parliament, have been reallocated. During the two Senate and governorship races, the narrow projections of Republican candidates in recent days, after counting more ballots by mail, had narrowed to date requiring a recount of votes.

There are always races open elsewhere: in Arizona and Mississippi, the votes on Senate seats are still undecided. In Mississippi, there should be a vote at the end of November. The fight for the governorship in Georgia has not been finalized yet.

Trump's Republicans lost their majority in the House of Representatives in congressional elections, but defended their majority in the Senate. There, they certainly have 51 seats out of 100 – and as many votes as before. If the Senate races still open decided for Democrats, the majority would not change for Republicans in the House. However, they would have managed to keep their gossamer majority in the Senate with difficulty, instead of increasing it, as they hoped.

In the race for the Senate seat in Florida, Florida's acting Republican governor, Rick Scott, opposed current Democratic Senator Bill Nelson. Scott was right in front of election night. The slim advance melted in the days that followed – after counting more mail-in ballots – but so well together that it's now time to recount the votes. This also applies to governor elections in Florida. Democrat Andrew Gillum had initially beaten during the election night. Republican Ron DeSantis narrowly led. Given the reduced difference between the votes, it is now recounted.

The American president had spoken in recent days in the counting debate in Florida and other states. On Friday, he had complained bitterly in several tweets of action and had spoken of fraud – again, without providing evidence to support his claim.

Also Saturday, shortly after the recount decision in Florida, Trump went on Word through a trip abroad to Paris. In his tweet, the president talks about trying to "steal two major elections in Florida," adding, "We are watching this!"

Republican Senator Floridas, Marco Rubio, whose seat was not voted on Tuesday, harshly criticized Brenda Snipes, Election Officer in Broward County, for overseeing the vote in the election. one of Florida's districts. On Twitter, Rubio talked about illegally destroyed ballots in the past, the secret opening of postal ballots, misleading ballots and misleading ballot papers – all from Snipes. She publicly expressed her disgust for Rick Scott, Rubio wrote on Friday.

Republicans had obtained a more comfortable majority than the previous 51 Senate seats. The padding expected on the seats is now in danger for her, which obviously causes nervousness.

Even the sensational race for governorship in Georgia has not been finalized yet. Republican candidate Brian Kemp – declared by Trump – even declared winner. Officially proclaimed, the result is not yet. Democratic candidate, Stacey Abrams, was there to become the first black governor of a state in the history of the United States. She still sees the race open. The Kemp is only well above the necessary threshold of 50% of the votes. Without this minimum number, runoff is planned in the state. That's what Abrams wants.