November 12, 2018 Joseph Klein
“It’s déjà vu all over again” was one of Yogi Berra’s most quoted sayings.
It is being quoted again in the aftermath of last week’s midterm elections in Florida. Just like in 2000, when the outcome of the presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore was at stake, Florida will be ground zero for vote recounts. The difference is that in 2000 the vote margin between the two presidential candidates was razor thin to begin with – just under 1800 votes, which shrank over time to 537.
This time, there were clear Republican leads on Election Night in the closely watched Florida races for senator and governor. The leads shrank so dramatically since then that vote recounts were ordered Saturday pursuant to Florida’s election laws. The vote margin shrinkage resulted in large part from the late discovery and delivery of ballots from the Democrat-leaning counties of Broward and Palm Beach. Machine recounts will come first, to be followed by vote recounts by hand if the result of the machine recounts is within a 0.25 percent margin............To Read More.....
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