It ain't over yet - Scott vs. Nelson

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It ain't over yet - Scott vs. Nelson

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http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politic ... overnight/
Florida Senate race could be headed to recount as Rick Scott’s lead over Bill Nelson narrows overnight
Just 34,435 votes separate the Republican Scott and Democrat Nelson on Wednesday morning.

By Steve Contorno 2 hours ago


Did Republican Rick Scott speak too soon when he declared victory in his U.S. Senate race last night?

Maybe.

Just 34,435 votes separated Gov. Scott and Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson on Wednesday morning, a difference of 0.42 percentage points.

That's within the margin that could launch a recount.

Nelson declared Wednesday morning that is exactly what he is expecting.

"We are proceeding to a recount," Nelson said in a brief statement, his first public remarks since results started coming in Tuesday.

But a recount is not automatic.

If the two candidates are separated by one-half of a percentage point or less, state law allows for a machine recount of the results. Only Secretary of State Ken Detzner — an appointee of Scott — can call for a recount.

If a machine recount ends with the two candidates separated by one-quarter of a percentage point or less, then a manual recount would take place. That's a time-consuming process of manually counting the ballots.

If the results are that close, then every possible vote becomes more critical, including overseas and military ballots, provisional ballots and vote by mail ballots that have defects such as a missing or non-matching signature.

Scott claimed victory just before midnight on Tuesday, taking the stage to chants of "Senator Scott" with nearly all precincts counted and a comfortable 60,000 vote lead. However, the Associated Press had not called the race as of Wednesday morning.

Confusion at Nelson headquarters left reporters and a handful of straggling supporters believing the three-term Senator had conceded. Around 12:15, a campaign staffer briefly muted CNN and over a microphone told the crowd that, based on a number of media reports, the race had been called for Scott.

"This is obviously not the result Senator Nelson's campaign has worked hard for," Pete Mitchell said in a posture of defeat. "The senator will be making a full statement tomorrow to thank all those who rallied for his cause."

Bartenders had already packed up the Maker's Mark, and TV crews broke down their cameras. The already quiet room emptied quickly, with Nelson staff out of sight as news spread of Nelson's apparent fall.

But after 1 a.m. Wednesday, the campaign put out a statement clarifying that Nelson was still waiting for all the ballots to be counted.

The additional votes appear to have come from Broward County, where there were reports of difficulties sending in results.

The Nelson campaign is preparing to have election observers in all 67 counties to oversee the recount process, it said Wednesday.

"We expect the supervisors, regardless of their party affiliation, will discharge their constitutional duties," said Marc Elias, an election lawyer representing the Nelson campaign.

Whatever the outcome, it's a fitting finish for a race that has been neck-and-neck since the first poll of 2018 dropped in early February. Nelson by one over Scott, it said. A statistical tie.

In the nine months since, Nelson and Scott campaigned on health care and immigration, red tide and blue-green algae, Russian hacking and Puerto Rico recovery, Nelson's missed Senate votes and Scott's intertwined investments, a Navy hat and an empty suit, a Supreme Court pick's beach week and a private beach statute tweak.

There was a debate. There was a hurricane. There was a debate over when to debate after the hurricane.

Scott campaigned with President Donald Trump. Nelson campaigned with former President Barack Obama.

Well over $100 million was spent, much of it on television ads.

After all that, about half of one percent of 8.1 million votes separated these two.

Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Staff Writer Steve Bousquet and Claire McNeill contributed to this report.
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It is over. Never had a FL recount overcome that margin. It is a technicality.
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tector wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:56 am It is over. Never had a FL recount overcome that margin. It is a technicality.
+1 Useless with machine ballot counting and none of the punch card ballots.
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Nelson's just to much of an As*hole to concede.
I'll tell you what rule we applied sir.
We applied rule 303.
We caught them and we shot them under rule 303!

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BerettaRacer wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 11:03 am Nelson's just to much of an As*hole to concede.
No doubt. Really glad to finally see that do-nothing, grandstanding, virtue signalling shithead leave public office.
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BerettaRacer wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 11:03 am Nelson's just to much of an As*hole to concede.
Bingo.
Who farted?!?
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gforester wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:31 pm
BerettaRacer wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 11:03 am Nelson's just to much of an As*hole to concede.
No doubt. Really glad to finally see that do-nothing, grandstanding, virtue signalling shithead leave public office.
Yep he needs to pack his shit and GTFO
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Recounts usually side with the winner getting more votes.
Nelson can have a pity party with his girlfriend up in Georgia.
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I hope its not an "Al Franken" recount! ;)
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TC6969 wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:09 pm I hope its not an "Al Franken" recount! ;)
They are still "counting" votes in Broward. Again. :roll:

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/polit ... story.html
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