The Florida secretary of state has ordered recounts in two riveting U.S. Senate and governor races, evoking memories of a similar move in 2000 to decide winner of US presidential election.
According to CBS News,Secretary Ken Detzner issued the order on Saturday after the unofficial results in both races fell within the margin that by law triggers a recount.
The unofficial results show that Republican former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis led Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum by less than 0.5 percentage points, which will require a machine recount of ballots.
In the Senate race, Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s lead over Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson is less than 0.25 percentage points, which will require a hand recount of ballots from tabulation machines that couldn’t determine which candidate got the vote.
The ballot-counting issues are centered in Broward County and Palm Beach County,…
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