The difference in the mayor’s race is .044%. The West/Murphy race difference is .058%.
The Fl Statute requriement is .05% for a mandatory recount. If they can get West just a few more votes then it will become mandatory via Statute.
They finished the precincts 1 to 40 in Ft. Pierce Proper but are recounting precincts 41 74 to 94 now although they aren’t Ft. Pierce city precincts. This is because the early voters could drop off ballots anywhere in the county. So they are having to run these precincts to see if there were any Mayoral votes dropped off in them.
From a recent news article:
Canvassing board member and Chief Deputy Court Administrator Marc Traum says two precincts had discrepancies, compared to the initial count. Traum said one precinct had a five-vote discrepancy. He didn’t know the other.
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What a mess they have there.
41 74 to 94
should be
41 to 94
ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Elections officials have discovered some discrepancies during today’s continuing recount of the Fort Pierce mayoral race, but apparently not enough to make a difference yet.
A five-vote difference was found at Precinct 7, which is the Havert L. Fenn Center, and a three-vote difference was found at Precinct 6, which is at the Orange Blossom Business Center, according to Canvassing Board member Tod Mowery, a St. Lucie county commissioner.
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/nov/14/no-headline-—tc_sl_recount/
More discrepancies, AND MORE AMMO FOR COL. WEST!!!
We have a winner in the mayor race
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/nov/14/no-headline-—tc_sl_recount/
The way things are set up you need to worry if you only manage to steal enough votes to barely win, but steal a big surplus and you're safe.