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Saturday Is The Deadline For Unofficial Election Results
By REGAN MCCARTHY
WFSU
Originally published on November 9, 2018 9:48 am
In Florida when a race is close a candidate cannot call for a recount. Instead, it all comes down to math. If any candidates are within half a percentage of each other, Florida law requires a recount. Right now thats the case for the U.S. Senate race, as well as the contests for state agriculture commissioner and governor.
Election Supervisors have until noon Saturday to turn in what are known as the first unofficial results. By two oclock that same day the Florida Secretary of State is expected to certify those results and order a machine recount for any multi-county races within half a percentage point.
Supervisors then have until the 15th to complete that process and turn in the second unofficial results. If those results show any races within a quarter of a percent of each other, the secretary will order a manual recountthis time supervisors will hand check any ballots voting machines identify as over or under votes, meaning the machine thinks the voter voted twice in one race, or not at all.
That process must be wrapped up by November 18 when official returns are due. Any county that doesnt make the deadline will have to use the results it turned in at the previous deadline.
By REGAN MCCARTHY
WFSU
Originally published on November 9, 2018 9:48 am
In Florida when a race is close a candidate cannot call for a recount. Instead, it all comes down to math. If any candidates are within half a percentage of each other, Florida law requires a recount. Right now thats the case for the U.S. Senate race, as well as the contests for state agriculture commissioner and governor.
Election Supervisors have until noon Saturday to turn in what are known as the first unofficial results. By two oclock that same day the Florida Secretary of State is expected to certify those results and order a machine recount for any multi-county races within half a percentage point.
Supervisors then have until the 15th to complete that process and turn in the second unofficial results. If those results show any races within a quarter of a percent of each other, the secretary will order a manual recountthis time supervisors will hand check any ballots voting machines identify as over or under votes, meaning the machine thinks the voter voted twice in one race, or not at all.
That process must be wrapped up by November 18 when official returns are due. Any county that doesnt make the deadline will have to use the results it turned in at the previous deadline.
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Saturday Is The Deadline For Unofficial Election Results (Florida) (Original Post)
sl8
Nov 2018
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rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)1. All our results are unofficial. 2000 has been wrong for 18 years now. n/t
dweller
(23,661 posts)2. I thought the recount for Florida was completed
and was due to be reported by the NYT on September 10, 2001 ... but never made the headlines for some reason ... but clearly showed Gore had won
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)3. That was not official. I read the book about it on an airplane sitting
next to a Bushie who "Thanked God George Bush was President."
Jersey Devil
(9,874 posts)4. Kind of weird that the first results are not official
It's like "we are not really done counting yet, so here's the partial count and we'll let you know who won when we do the recount".