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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGillum crossed the line for an automatic recount.
As of 2:26 PM. Gillium went below the .5 number that goes into automatic recount.
49.62 - 49.15 = .47
https://floridaelectionwatch.gov/StateOffices/Governor
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts).62 - .15 = .47 Subtraction... Addition's tricky friend...
Baitball Blogger
(46,709 posts)Don't trust myself when it comes to math.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)I edited my damn post like 5 times before I realized you couldn't put an = symbol in the subject line.
Baitball Blogger
(46,709 posts)I was so nervous that I kept typing numbers down, reversing the order!!
Sunsky
(1,737 posts)Seems clear to me.
triron
(22,003 posts)zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Are they done counting yet?
Baitball Blogger
(46,709 posts)lark
(23,099 posts)Democrats are mobilizing today from all over FL to get all the mailed in ballots counted and provisional ballots cured so they count. I'm part of it here in Duval County and know that Broward and Hialeah are also very active today doing the same thing,
Baitball Blogger
(46,709 posts)Wish we had a group in Central Florida that I belonged to that would be on the ready for these events.
lark
(23,099 posts)They've never done this kind of recount support before, at least definitely not in my county. It's a madhouse, took 2 hours to get the lists to start calling, but we are on it now and also sending people with notaries out to folks houses to get the affadavits signed, notarized & emailed to SOE before 5pm today. Well, break time is over, back to the phones....
Baitball Blogger
(46,709 posts)Faux pas
(14,681 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)and this has to bode well for Nelson who was much closer to pRick Scott than Gillum was to DeRacist!
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Cut the gap in half so far!!
StevieM
(10,500 posts)And that is what we need in order to get a fair vote count.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)(4069451-4030936)/(4069451+4030936) * 100%
Which is a .4755% difference
Baitball Blogger
(46,709 posts)or "C"
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)INdemo
(6,994 posts)against Coleman when he first ran for the Senate..He eventually won but it took persistence and he would not give up.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)Norm Coleman dragged it out another 3 or 4 months, then he finally conceded.
INdemo
(6,994 posts)It may be January before we know. I'm reading now that there are votes missing. The county where Parkland School is located did note vote ???
FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)We can flip Gov, Sen and Agricultural commissioner who is also in a tight race .
Baitball Blogger
(46,709 posts)I saw a huge sign for Matt Cantwell (sp?) infront of the DUDA headquarters.
FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)Kaleva
(36,301 posts)Lots of uncounted votes in heavy Dem areas.
"Broward election officials said to expect their first unofficial results by 1 p.m. Friday."
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/08/election-results-recount-florida-governor-race-andrew-gillum-ron-desantis/1929796002/
Baitball Blogger
(46,709 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)with the way things are, provisional ballots are much more likely to be democratic votes
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)BootinUp
(47,148 posts)Gothmog
(145,242 posts)knightmaar
(748 posts)Some weird abrogation of the normal laws of the universe that makes "counting" really hard there.
SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)knightmaar
(748 posts)Like, once they've suppressed all the people they don't like, it still shouldn't take more than a few hours to count all the votes of the people they do like.
Is there, like, one guy per county? Or what?
SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)Lots of them. Those all need to be reviewed one by one and allow the voter to confirm it was indeed them signing their ballot (which it invariably was).
kirby
(4,441 posts)What does that mean, hitting a refresh button on a spreadsheet to see / certify the same batch of numbers? While elsewhere a box of suppressed or ignored ballots or discarded electronic touchscreen presses still aren't part of what is being looked at? Pardon my lack of faith in Florida.
Baitball Blogger
(46,709 posts)and rejected mail-in ballots and calling the respective voters to get their notarized signatures in order to validate their votes.
Wouldn't you know it? There are more in Democratic counties than in Red ones.
ZeroSomeBrains
(638 posts)Would there be a 2nd election if neither candidate gets to 50%? I know there will be a 2nd election in Mississippi but I thought I heard you would need 50% of the vote for governor to win on the 1st round in Florida.
Baitball Blogger
(46,709 posts)You just need to get more votes than you're opponent in Florida. In Georgia Stacy Abrams is just hoping to get Kemp's votes below 50%, and then there will be a run-off election,.
ZeroSomeBrains
(638 posts)That's where I must've gotten confused.
BewilderedCitizen
(53 posts)I just received a text message and an email, stating that if I voted with a provisional ballot I need to contact the Supervisor of Elections before 5PM.
I didn't vote with a provisional ballot, but for the many that did, I hope they'll be able to respond in time.
iluvtennis
(19,858 posts)SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)that's a GOOD thing!