Florida recount: Here’s what you need to know. November 12, 2018 More than 6 years ago A worker holds ballots before a recount in Lauderhill, Fla., on Monday.

Florida has headed to a recount yet again — this time, in three statewide races. With Florida's U.S. Senate, gubernatorial, and agriculture commissioner races all falling within the narrow ...

Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced on Saturday that three statewide races in Florida would head to a recount. With the margin of unofficial results in the Senate, gubernatorial and ...

Republican Rick Scott declared victory late Tuesday in Florida’s hotly contested Senate race but it may not be so simple. Florida may be heading for a ballot recount — again - Los Angeles Times ...

Left: An election worker takes a ballot to place into an electronic counting machine during a recount at the Broward County Supervisor of Elections office in Lauderhill, Florida on Nov. 12, 2018.

State law requires a machine recount in races where the margin is less than 0.5 percentage points. In the Senate race, Scott’s lead over Nelson was 0.14 percentage points.

Florida has not asked -- and does not plan to ask -- for a full recount . The Florida secretary of state has not asked for any sort of recount. Under Florida law, a recount is automatically ...

Florida's first-ever statewide manual recount is now a possibility as the margin of votes between incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Gov. Rick Scott tightens.

Florida law mandates that any election decided by 0.5 percent or less will trigger a recount. Three fit the bill with two – the race for U.S. senator and governor – in the national spotlight.

Florida law is now much more clear about when recounts are required and how to conduct them. “It’s not just because of the absence of hanging chads that we won’t have another 2000,” Mr ...