Florida Orders Recounts For 3 Races Including Governor & Senate

And the recounts in Florida have been ordered!

Via the Orlando Sun-Sentinel:

After receiving unofficial election results from all 67 counties, Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner on Saturday officially ordered machine recounts in three statewide elections – U.S. Senate, Governor and Agriculture Commissioner.

Now, county election officials will feed ballots into machines to recount the results in those races. The second round of results is due to the state by 3 p.m. Thursday.

If the results show a margin of 0.25 percent or less, which appears to be the case in the most heated race between U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Gov. Rick Scott for Senate, a hand recount is ordered. Results from a hand recount would be due Sunday, Nov. 18 at noon.

The votes cast in the U.S. Senate race were within 0.15 percentage points, a margin of less than 13,000 votes out of more than 8 million cast.

Florida update:

Bill Nelson 4,085,545
Rick Scott 4,098,107

Andrew Gillum 4,042,195
Ron DeSantis 4,075,879

Nikki Fried 4,030,337
Matt Caldwell 4,025,011

Preliminary results are in.
All three races going to recount.

— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) November 10, 2018

LIVE: Gillum speaks after Florida recount announced https://t.co/uGV35ZD8Rv

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 10, 2018

The Trumpster is none too happy about the news:

Trying to STEAL two big elections in Florida! We are watching closely!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2018

There is zero evidence of vote fraud in Florida. There is zero evidence of vote fraud in Florida. There is zero evidence of vote fraud in Florida. There is zero evidence of vote fraud in Florida. There is zero evidence of vote fraud in Florida.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) November 10, 2018

I've noticed some confusion about how elections work. People vote on (and now often before) Election Day. And those votes are counted. All of them. Sometimes it takes a while. Then, and only then, you know who won.

— Dan Rather (@DanRather) November 9, 2018