Recount on the way in Florida Senate race
Rick Scott and Bill Nelson have filed lawsuits as the drama over their Senate race continue to heat up. At a hastily convened press conference Thursday night at the governor's mansion, Gov. Scott, a Republican, said he had asked the state's top law enforcement agency on Thursday to investigate election operations in Broward and Palm Beach counties and filed lawsuits demanding access to ballots narrowing his lead against Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. Meanwhile, Nelson has filed a lawsuit asking that the deadline for local election officials to file preliminary unofficial vote totals to the state to be extended past noon Saturday. The margin in three statewide races — the Senate, the governor and commissioner of agriculture — are now slim enough to trigger mandatory recounts. The first unofficial totals, which are due at noon Saturday, will determine which races proceed to recounts. Scott accused election officials in Broward and Palm Beach, two Democratic stronghol...