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Lawsuits that are specifically designed to essentially find more votes for bill nelson, who currently trails by about 12,000 votes in this race, behind governor rick scott who is the republican. and this is important because this re-count process is playing out as you mention. they have to finish the machine re-count by thursday. if the margin remains less than a quarter of a percent, which it is expected to do so, they'll move to a hand re-count of the under-votes and over-votes. this process playing out and must be wrapped up by the 18th of november and certified by the 20th. if the lawsuits...

Full day of vote recounting in those contests, and there is still a lot of action away from the ballot boxes in various florida courtrooms. corresponded doug mckelway staying on top of all of it from the state capital of tallahassee tonight. good evening, doug. >> good evening, bret. 44 of 67 counties had completed their machine recount. of the 23 remaining counties, only one of them, palm beach county is not expected to meet the deadline. governor rick scott trying to make himself comfortable in the city he hopes to call home. >> do you still contend with is fraud going on in this recount? >>...

Mechanics. this is not the way things should be. and let's see if they learn their lesson finally in developing a system that actually works for the people of florida. >> let me say this. obviously the machine -- >> bill: what's the rub 18 years later? >> the machines shouldn't have broken down. they are following the law. there is a .5 that there should be a machine recount. that is what is happening. in the senate race we're at .25. a hand ballot recount where we are. >> i'm talking about how you get to those numbers. she has not done her job. >> the only law that brenda snipes violated was ...

The history. it's deeply concerning that they are not following the law. we have every legal vote that was cast in a timely fashion to vote. and here's one more vote, what will happen after the machine recount is any race in the state that was less than a quarter of one point which will be the senate race and the agriculture race, and that will be over votes and under votes. the canvassing board, if the accounting teams don't do it, i have to down and determine if the voter did or not. the mark here and cross here and circle here was voter intent. the statute is pretty clear, but that doesn't ...

Midmorning. at that point the lawyers here believe it will head for a narrow margin, still going to head for a recount, they are preparing for that year. harris? >> harris: all right, griff jenkins, thank you very much. meanwhile, brad todd, senior advisor for governor rick scott. boy, your life has been interesting recently, i would imagine. first question out of the gate, how far along are they and what are you learning from the recount? >> 37 out of 67 counties in florida have completed their machine recount, the margin has changed, 33 net votes. not percent. >> harris: that will be breakin...