Florida Senate Race Headed for a Recount

[applegrove]

https://politicalwire.com/2018/11/07/florida-senate-race-headed-for-a-recount/

November 7, 2018 at 10:35 am EST By Taegan Goddard 101 Comments

"SNIP....

A recount will be conducted in Florida’s hard-fought U.S. Senate race after challenger Rick Scott’s (R) lead over Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) fell below the threshold of half of one percent, the Gainesville Sunreports.

Said Nelson: “We are proceeding to a recount.”

.....SNIP"

[Phoenix61]

1. I know it's an insane long shot but...

Damn it'd be nice.

[lagomorph777]

2. Looks like Aent Orange will continue to be red-faced for a while...

[PatSeg]

14. What does he have to lose

He's been Florida's senator since 2001. There's no reason for him to just let it go that easily.

[Cha]

15. +1!!

Link to tweet

[FloridaBlues]

3. The Gov race has tightened up as well. WE will see what happens.

We have several local dems going to our county SOE to observe the counts.

[Tiggeroshii]

12. Almost there!

It is within .6 already. Hopefully we get within .5 needed for the machine recount.

[BigmanPigman]

4. YES! This is a must!!!!!

Never trust FL and the GOP!

[iluvtennis]

6. +++ agree. Wish they would recount Governor while they are at it. Pay for it once.

[Tiggeroshii]

11. It is now within .6%

And it looks like there is a lot left to be counted.

I imagine it falling below .5 is likely for a machine recount and in the senate falling below .25 for a hand recount is also a good possibility.

[hibbing]

5. Will Chad be hanging around? n/t

[BSdetect]

7. Cue another SCOTUS decision like the Gore debacle?

[Nanjeanne]

8. It's Florida. Corrupt at its core. Good luck! Crossing fingers, toes and eyes.

[Honeycombe8]

9. Good. We want to be sure, absolutely sure, that there wasn't a mistake.

Whether it's worth the time depends on the kinds of machines they used. If total electronic, then all they do is push a button to recalculate. It doesn't mean much.

But if they scanned hand-punched cards, or written absentee/provisional ballots, that's more meaningful.

[Phoenix61]

18. Florida uses paper ballets you fill

in the bubble next to your candidate.

[Honeycombe8]

21. Still? Whoa...that's going to take some time. But it's good it's not electronic...

since if there's a mistake, there is no way to know it because it's part of the technology. Unless there are paper ballot backups.

[h2ebits]

10. Nelson and Gillum

Both of these men have been Democrats for a long time. Gillum is the Mayor of Tallahassee. . . .

Florida sustained major damage from the hurricane that struck it a few months ago. Aside from the crooked Governor--Rick Scott--and the Repubs in power who, I'm sure, attempted any number of voter suppression techniques; does the hurricane play any role and people GOTV? I haven't heard one word about that.

[Phoenix61]

19. The area hit by the hurricane is heavily

repub so I didn't think it played that much of a role.

[Cha]

13. I love Ben Nelson!

[Alhena]

16. Am I correct in assuming Florida no longer has the dodgy "punchcard" system after Bush v. Gore?

I would have assumed that they would have moved to something more reliable, in which case I have a lot more hope about Arizona than Florida.

[Grins]

17. Florida? And just who is doing the counting...again? NM

[lindysalsagal]

20. Ok, then. Let's do this!