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Here’s how Florida will determine Senate, governor races
« on: November 10, 2018, 01:42:27 pm »
Here’s how Florida will determine Senate, governor races
by Susan Ferrechio
 | November 10, 2018 12:00 AM



It could be almost two weeks before Florida determines who will serve as the state's next governor and U.S. senator, but the countdown to determining the winners begins Saturday.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, and Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat, are currently separated by just 15,000 votes in the race for U.S. Senate.

In the governor’s race, Republican Ron DeSantis leads Democrat Andrew Gillum, the mayor of Tallahassee, by a mere 36,000 votes. With more than 8.1 million votes cast in the state overall, the tallies for the two races are so narrow it will likely trigger an automatic machine recount in the governor's race, and in the extremely close Senate race, a recount by hand.

The state faces a Nov. 20 deadline to declare the final results of the two races, but a lot has to happen in between, beginning this weekend.

Election officials in Florida’s 67 counties have until Saturday 1 p.m. to turn in their assessment of all provisional and mail-in ballots that county canvassing boards are now scrambling to review.

Some of those ballots are being accepted, and others are being rejected for reasons that include missing or mismatched signatures, or when the signer didn't register to vote.

Florida’s Secretary of State, Ken Detzner, will review the overall tallies for the two races on Saturday and announce whether recounts will be needed, which appears likely at this point.

The state requires a machine recount if the votes for each candidate are within half a percentage point. If that happens, a new clock is started.

Counties are expected to begin the machine recount process beginning on Sunday. It involves re-feeding all ballots through a county’s precinct tabulators or “central count tabulators.”

The deadline to complete the machine recount is 3 p.m. on Nov. 15.

With those results, Detzner will determine if any of the candidates leads by less than 0.25 percent. If so, he’ll order a manual recount.

Lawyers for Nelson are already arguing for a hand recount of the Senate race because the current-but-unofficial tally shows Scott with less than a quarter point advantage over Nelson.

Ballots from overseas military and civilian voters, meanwhile, are due Nov. 16 and must be postmarked the day of the general election, which was Nov. 6, or earlier.

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Re: Here’s how Florida will determine Senate, governor races
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2018, 02:09:28 pm »
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Some of those ballots are being accepted, and others are being rejected for reasons that include missing or mismatched signatures, or when the signer didn't register to vote.

They keep ballots that have names on them? That doesn't make any sense.
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Re: Here’s how Florida will determine Senate, governor races
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2018, 03:00:41 pm »
Quote from: Idaho_Cowboy on November 10, 2018, 02:09:28 pm
They keep ballots that have names on them? That doesn't make any sense.

I haven't done an absentee ballot since 1992, but back then you had to fill out on the ballot your name and sign it.  This is on an absentee ballot only, and I thought it was odd back then too since your vote it to be secret.  But, not having seen how other states do it, I don't know how you would have verification that an absentee ballot was legit.
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Re: Here’s how Florida will determine Senate, governor races
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2018, 04:39:56 pm »
I'm expecting Gillum to be our next governor and Nelson to retain his seat in the Senate as it doesn't really seem that there is anyone overseeing this election other than those who are already currently in charge who have made this mess.

With accepting and bringing in votes after the legal deadlines, and no transparency I think we already know the outcomes.

IF the Dems succeed with this (and I have little doubt that they will), we should expect this kind of corruption to be widespread during the general election in 2020.
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Re: Here’s how Florida will determine Senate, governor races
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2018, 08:30:40 pm »
Let's just cut straight to it.  Start the hand recount in all 65 counties and get it over with.
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Re: Here’s how Florida will determine Senate, governor races
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2018, 08:39:21 pm »
Quote from: InHeavenThereIsNoBeer on November 10, 2018, 08:30:40 pm
Let's just cut straight to it.  Start the hand recount in all 65 counties and get it over with.

Even at that .  Someone from BOTH parties or a team of lawyers on both sides needs to oversee the hand counts.  Keeping the same people in place will serve absolutely no purpose.
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Re: Here’s how Florida will determine Senate, governor races
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2018, 08:41:04 pm »
It is a known fact that Republicans have to quit voting on Nov 6th but Democrats get to vote until they win.
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