Well…. The media is selling one thing folks….
That is that recounts down in Florida for US Senator, Governor and Agriculture Commissioner will result in Democrats overturning election day calls for Republicans…..
As Chris Cillizza of CNN these days writes….
Changes in the outcomes in recounts are RARE….
Now Cillizza could be wrong and there COULD be changes in the results…
The situation down there is a hot mess….
But he DOES have the numbers in the past to make he point….
Based on the number of lawsuits, cable news coverage and overall drama coming out of Florida at the moment, you might think that the outcomes of the state’s Senate and governor’s races are balancing on a knife’s edge — with every judge’s decision potentially making the difference between winning and losing.
Federal Judge Mark Walker has rejected a case brought by Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson’s campaign that challenged the rules county canvassing boards use to decipher and count certain votes.
The case filed Tuesday with the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee challenged two state Division of Elections rules known as the “magic words” requirement and the “consistency” requirement. Lawyers for Nelson’s campaign argued they violated free speech and equal protections provisions in the U.S. Constitution….
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