Category Archives: recounts

Florida Senate Race Going to Hand Recount; Appears that Nelson’s Best Hope is That Broward Ballot-Counting Machines, Rather Than Ballot Design, Responsible for Large Undervote in Senate Race

November 15, 2018, 3:38 pmrecountsRick Hasen

Tampa Bay Times: With the 3 p.m. deadline for elections supervisors to submit new vote tallies to the state having now passed in Florida’s Panhandle, new totals show that Gov. Scott leads U.S. Sen. Nelson by 12,603 votes out… Continue reading

Florida Judge Orders Recount Deadline Extended in Palm Beach

November 13, 2018, 1:22 pmrecountsRick Hasen

Palm Beach Post: A Leon County circuit judge has ruled that recounts in Palm Beach County for all state races in question be extended to Nov. 20, about five days after the original 3 p.m. Thursday deadline. The order would… Continue reading

I Talked About the 2018 Florida Recounts and the Escalation of the Voting Wars on Slate’s What’s Next Podcast

November 12, 2018, 4:31 pmrecounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Take a listen.

“Florida counties race to recount votes by Thursday deadline”

November 12, 2018, 12:41 pmelection administration, recountsRick Hasen

Miami Herald: Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner was aware of recount issues that surfaced in Broward County on Sunday, but said through a spokeswoman that the issues were resolved. The county had an issue during the logic and accuracy… Continue reading

“Even with some very close races left to decide in California, a recount of ballots is rare”

November 11, 2018, 12:27 pmrecountsRick Hasen

John Myers for the LAT: No state in the nation had as many voters show up for last week’s midterm elections as California. Preliminary data show that about 12 million ballots were cast — some coming in races that produced… Continue reading

Recounts Likely in BOTH Florida Senate and Florida Governor’s Races

November 8, 2018, 12:15 pmrecountsRick Hasen

and there are concerns about the Broward ballots, and whether poor ballot design, ballot counting machine error or something else might explain the undervote for Senate. Stay buckled in. #BREAKING: Florida is now likely to have TWO recounts. DeSantis… Continue reading

“The 16 Races That Are Still Too Close To Call”

November 7, 2018, 8:23 pmrecountsRick Hasen

538 round up.

“Scott-Nelson race for U.S. Senate seat could be headed for a recount”

November 7, 2018, 8:15 pmrecountsRick Hasen

Miami Herald: Republican Gov. Rick Scott was clinging to a 25,920-vote advantage over Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson as of Wednesday evening — or just 0.32 percent of the 8.1 million ballots cast by Floridians. State law allows for a… Continue reading

Georgia: “Thousands of provisional ballots remain uncounted in Fulton County”

November 7, 2018, 8:10 pmelection administration, recountsRick Hasen

AJC: A day after the election, the governor’s race remained in limbo, with Secretary of State Brian Kemp declaring victory and Democrat Stacey Abrams vowing to hang in the race until every vote is counted. A number of other… Continue reading

Election Administrator’s Prayer Fail: Nelson-Scott Senate Fla. Race, Walker-Evers WI Gov. Race Could Go to Recounts; McSally-Sinema AZ Sen, Kemp-Abrams Ga. Gov. Race Still Counting

November 7, 2018, 8:21 amrecountsRick Hasen

Election Administrator’s prayer not answered last night in a number of high profile races. Nelson-Scott (Scott ahead) Walker-Evers (Evers ahead) McSally-Sinema (McSally ahead) Kemp-Abrams (Kemp ahead)

“There Are No Actual Set Rules for Counting Disputed Ballots; Here are some good ones.”

November 5, 2018, 1:52 pmelection administration, recounts, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ned Foley and Steve Huefner at Slate: This year, in particular, the temptation may be especially strong to distort the vote-counting process to achieve a victory for one side or the other. Given the refrain that the current elections are… Continue reading

“Ohio Supreme Court throws out Melanie Leneghan’s lawsuit challenging Troy Balderson’s 12th District victory”

August 24, 2018, 8:25 amrecountsRick Hasen

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

With Lamb Holding 627 Vote Lead in PA-18 Congressional Race, Republicans Raise Claims of Voting Irregularities, Possibility of Requesting Recount

March 14, 2018, 9:24 amelection administration, recountsRick Hasen

Philly.com: In a highly-watched special election in western Pennsylvania, Democrat Conor Lamb is currently maintaining a slim lead over Republican Rick Saccone Wednesday morning. With all precincts fully reporting and absentee ballots counted, Lamb holds a 627-vote lead over Saccone… Continue reading

“Virginia voters file appeal to block Republican from taking office in House race tainted by ballot mix-up”

January 8, 2018, 8:14 pmrecountsRick Hasen

WaPo: Four Democratic voters in Virginia are appealing a court decision that cleared the way for Republicans to take control of the state House of Delegates. At issue is whether errors that led some voters in an extremely close Northern… Continue reading

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