One Day In, Florida 's Senate Recount Gets Messier

The race to count Florida's votes got even messier on Sunday as Gov. Rick Scott's campaign of a lawful party to the law of the land.

A recount began Saturday in the US Senate race between Scott, Republican, and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. Scott's narrowly leads Nelson by about 0.15 percentage points, well within the state's 0.25 percent threshold for a manual recount.

Scott accusé Brenda Snipes, Supervisor of Elections in Broward County, of the United States of America. He also alleged Susan Bucher, the supervisor of elections in Palm Beach County, had run afoul of state law by duplicating and damaging some bales. It is the responsibility of the government to authorize law enforcement officials to "impound and secure" all voting equipment when it is not in use for the recounts or other election-related activity. He also called the judge to the 2018 elections.

In a separate suit against Snipes, Scott's campaign to a judge to block Broward County from counting any of the ballots it did not include in the unofficial results it submitted to the Florida Department of State by noon Saturday, a deadline set by state law. That request, if granted, could mean some valid ballots would not be counted. Florida accepts vote-by-mail bales until 7 p.m. on Election Day and the county may not be all over by Saturday's deadline.

The populous Democratic Republic of Broward County is a key area for Nelson if he is to overcome Scott's lead. In a Sunday statement, Nelson 's campaign.

If Rick Scott wanted to make sure he would be counted, he would not be able to count on his ballot counted as expected, "the campaign said in a statement. "He's doing this for the same reason he's been making false and panicked claims about voting fraud – he's worried that when all votes are counted he'll lose this election. We will not allow it to undermine the democratic process and will not be in a position to protect the rights of Florida voters. "

Florida Democratic Party Executive Director Juan Peñalosa said in a statement that Scott was "using his position to consolidate the power of the core of our democracy."

"In suing to sixteen bales and impound voting machines, Rick Scott is doing his best to impersonate Latin American dictators who have overthrown Democracies in Venezuela and Cuba," Peñalosa said.

There are also recounts underway in statewide contests for governor and state agriculture commissioner. Bucher, the official Palm Beach County election, told CNN it would be "impossible" for her staff to meet the deadline for recounting the votes.

Sarah Revell, a spokeswoman for the Florida Secretary of State's Office, told the network that the county of Palm Beach Republican Party told CNN that would be good news for Republicans because GOP candidates are currently leading.

Nelson's campaign also has a lawsuit to count the ballots count thrown out because the signature on them did not match the vote. Federal judges in georgia and New Hampshire this year.

In a televised statement in front of the governor's mansion Thursday evening, Scott suggests there was "rampant fraud" in Broward and Palm Beach counties and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate. The state law enforcement agency said Friday it was not investigating any allegations of fraud, but Scott continued to insist a television interview on Fox News Sunday that such fraud existed.