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All 67 counties have to have their ballots recounted by tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. eastern, but -- and this is a big but -- will it happen? palm beach county, the third most populous county in the state is experiencing major issues with machines overheating. they even had to fly in a mechanic. now nearly 175,000 early vote ballots are being counted by hand. and the county election supervisor is already saying she just can't be ready by tomorrow's deadline, despite officials working nonstop. so the recount in florida will decide two high-profile races. you probably know governor between rick desanti...

Everything and have actually counted 299,000 ballots out of the total 715. these machines are different from the ones in palm beach. the ones in palm beach older. they can only count one race at a time. here we can count all the races in the recount with only over 300,000 or so ballots left to count which they'll start momentarily this morning, we believe. it is going to be pretty easy, we believe, that they'll hit the deadline of 3:00 p.m. thursday in the election supervisor here brenda snipes reassuring us when she took to the mics. >> i'm concerned about us working steadily in order to meet...

Claimed? >> no. there's no direct evidence of fraud at this point. republicans are pointing to a series of events that took place where they say that could open the door to fraud taking place. for instance, they falled a lawsuit against the election supervisor in broward and palm beach county. they were declared to be unconstitutional because they weren't enough before they filed their returns on saturday. they are also pointing to fact there was a small number of ballots counted after the noon deadline on saturday. there are examples of the election commissioners and the supervisors in some o...

Cast, and there's an issue as to 22 pages that exist. you're right about that. is it 1,000 percent perfect? no, no election ever is. i venture to guess there are little things like this that happen in virtually all elections in most counties. this certainly is not grounds for removal. >> a new issue popped up. dade county was one of the counties, one of the places hit really hard by the hurricanes. where a lot of people are still displaced. the election supervisor there says that he's allowed more than 100 people to submit their ballots by e-mail or fax. that violated guidelines set by the sec...

Preserve them for the 22 months- also some election results posted on the election supervisor's website while the polls were still open yet another violation of state law. as for the lawsuits that the scott campaign has filed against her, here's what you said about those this afternoon. >> i think the lawsuits as they are written certainly appears to disparage my character. i've worked here for about 15 years and i have to say this is the first time that this office or i have been under such attac attack. >> snipes also told the "miami herald" just last week, and i quote, other places have the...