As Twitchy told you, Palm Beach County managed to miss today’s machine recount deadline. Broward County did not … and the results are pretty interesting, to say the least:
In Broward, it appears that under the machine recount, BOTH Senate candidates LOST votes. Nelson lost 1,385 while Scott lost 606.
— Beth Reinhard (@bethreinhard) November 15, 2018
Alrighty then.
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) November 15, 2018
With recount results, @NelsonForSenate lost a net 700 votes in the most Democratic county in Florida. https://t.co/ZvS1ZJaGyk
— Dan Sweeney (@Daniel_Sweeney) November 15, 2018
2,000 missing votes is a pretty big swing even for a county the size of Broward. Doesn't instill much confidence.
— Ian Goldstein (@ENGOLD) November 15, 2018
Well, no. This is Broward County, after all.
And check this out:
Broward numbers are lower than first results: Numbers being sent to Tallahassee show 779-vote swing to Scott.
— Larry Barszewski (@lbarszewski) November 15, 2018
Huh.
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) November 15, 2018
#Unexpectedly https://t.co/yBUwHHkJu8
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) November 15, 2018
So … is it time to call it for Rick Scott yet?
Rick Scott campaign estimates it picked up 865 in machine recount. What a bust for Bill Nelson.
— Beth Reinhard (@bethreinhard) November 15, 2018
At least Nelson can finally take up needlepoint now. Maybe.
The Nelson camp filed its 2nd lawsuit in less than 24 hours against Bay County, a Republican stronghold in the Florida Panhandle. Yesterday they wanted to examine some 150 ballots that were faxed and emailed after Hurricane Michael. Now they want to keep them from counting. 4/
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) November 15, 2018
Sigh.
The Scott campaign says it had monitors compiling recount totals at every county and their statewide totals show Scott picked up 865 votes and now leads Nelson by 13,427 votes. Will still be within manual recount margin but Scott calls on Nelson to concede and end it now. 8/
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) November 15, 2018
Republicans start to mount pressure on Bill Nelson to concede ahead of a hand recount.
Rick Scott releases statement saying "our state needs to move forward." pic.twitter.com/RqioGjcSpI
— FLA News (@flanewsonline) November 15, 2018
That’d be nice. But is it too much to hope for?
The Nelson camp is, um, unlikely to concede. Nelson's lead recount lawyer has argued all along that the only place where he might make significant gains is in a manual recount, if any major machine tabulation error is found. 9/
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) November 15, 2018
Argh.
There are forces at work that really don't want Broward to EVER be able to produce an accurate count.
— On The Case Man (@OnTheCaseMan) November 15, 2018
… And those forces are led by Brenda Snipes.
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Update:
OK, seriously, what the hell, Broward County?
HOLD UP. Broward just said they were actually 2 minutes late so their first total will count, *not* the recount. Also the discrepancy of 2,040 votes was due to a "comingling of ballots," said Joseph D'Alessandro https://t.co/F9AT93lJsC
— Alex Harris (@harrisalexc) November 15, 2018
Burn it down. All of it.
Seriously, Broward? The modicum of respect you regained over Palm Beach has vanished
— Judgemental Shoelace (@DocKilmer) November 15, 2018
Dickheads.
— Keith ??? Burton (@bbeekk321) November 15, 2018
Just incredible. https://t.co/fyuemwmpKq
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 15, 2018
Just … Broward County.
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