Florida recounts expected to begin as tensions escalate across state

State election officials are expected to announce on Saturday afternoon that the razor-thin races for governor, senator and agriculture commissioner will be reviewed in a series of automatically-triggered recounts.

Republican Gov. Rick Scott is ahead of incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson by about 15,000 votes, giving him a lead of less than .25%. The margin in the governor's race is larger, with Republican former Rep. Ron DeSantis leading Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum by about .4%, or nearly 36,000 votes.

Those numbers could change by around noon on Saturday, when the unofficial counts are due. If the current margins stay under .5% in any of the three statewide contests, then votes in those races will be recounted by machine. That recount must be finished by Thursday at 3 pm ET, at which point the state can order a hand recount of overvotes and undervotes in any race within .25%. An overvote means a voter selected more than the allotted options on the ballot; an undervote means a vote selected fewer than the available choices or, in these races, none.

The Senate race and the contest for agriculture commissioner currently fall within the .25% margin.

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