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[[The hottest spot in Florida? The seat of the Broward County elections chief.]
If a county can not meet the recount deadline, the previous unofficial results stand – those on Saturday. But – and there is always a "goal" in Florida – under the statute, even if a recount is not finished by the deadline, it must be completed eventually. Elections supervisors had already been scheduled to be counted by the ballots through 10 days after the election, which is Friday. The formal election results will be done by the secretary of state until Tuesday.
The Florida governor's race is all-purpose
Even with the recount and the possibility of more ballots validated by court rulings, the governor's race is all-purpose, with the former Republican congressman, Ron DeSantis, on track to beat the Democrat, Mayor Andrew Gillum of Tallahassee. Mr. Gillum, who always knew that winning the recount was a long shot, considering the lawsuit contesting the results, according to two people close him, after having withdrawn his election-night concession. Mr. Gillum, Barry Richard – who represented Republicans in the 2000 Florida recount – has told him that he wants to see all votes counted, including absentee and military ballots, which could delay his formal withdrawal.
The Senate race is still up in the air
Secretary of State Ken Detzner has been commissioned to recount the race. The deadline for the manual will be noon Sunday. The Nelson Campaign to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Mr Scott, who trails Mr. Scott by 12,603 votes, still believes he will prevail, and hopes to add several thousand votes after a vote on the ballot. His biggest hope – which he shares with Mr. Gillum – is that an as-yet-unknown number of votes, previously uncounted, will emerge during the recount, according to people close to the three-term senator. He is also closely watching the outcome of a lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach County, that would not require state elections to count mail-in not received by the deadline.
Then there's Palm Beach County
The South Florida county chads held a presidential election hostage 18 years ago is at the center of another election. This time, it's all about recounting, old machines and an unyielding deadline. The supervisor of election, Susan Bucher, said that she had a lot of problems, so they were unable to complete the recount. About 585,000 votes were cast in Palm Beach, a Democratic stronghold. Hillsborough County did not submit recount totals in time because of the count had resulted in 846 fewer votes than originally counted, possibly because of two power failures.
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