Seeing as how the governor is in a recount situation, it does seem like someone else should be doing the certifying.If after the machine recount the results from any of these races has a margin of 0.25% or less, a hand recount will be ordered for undervotes and overvotes only - not the entire 8.1 million plus votes that have been cast.
The Florida Secretary of State's office defines undervotes as "no choice or fewer than the number of allowable choices in the recounted race(s) on their ballot." Essentially, a voter didn't pick someone for every race. The secretary defines overvotes as a voter who "designated more choices than allowable in recounted race(s) on their ballot" -- meaning a voter chose more than one candidate in a race.
Undervotes and overvotes are not included in the machine recount and are only checked if the race moves on to the manual recount.
There are still more ballots on the way possibly. Overseas military and civilian ballots are due by November 16. All overseas ballots postmarked and signed by Election Day are considered valid.
Once all returns are in, the county canvassing boards must certify the results and submit them to the secretary of state by noon on November 18.
Following the submission from the counties, the Election Canvassing Commission will meet to certify the results on Tuesday, at 9 a.m. on November 20. The commission includes the governor and two of his cabinet members.
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Assuming the candidates don't back down and the margins stays close, any of these races could be challenged well into December.
CNN
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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