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We're not going to let these liberal activists from all over the country come down here and say we're going to steal this election from somebody that, you know, we're going to follow the will of the people in this state. we're going to work hard every day and win this. >> sean: so there will be an investigation. this will go on but you're saying by saturday you will be declared the winner? >> the first thing will be the certification based on information that comes from the local supervisor of elections. we should be certified as the winner at that point on saturday subject to a recount, and t...

Tighter in the senate race where it is now down to about 14, now 13,000 ballots between rick scott and bill nelson. gillian: that's right. the florida secretary of state, ken detner, ordered the recount just a little while ago. he determined that unofficial results in both races fell within that margin that by law triggers this recount. it will be a machine recount. from there we'll see whether this goes to a by hand recount. as we discussed earlier, leland, this is an issue that could be undecided, undetermined for days to come. leland: it could be days, it could be weeks. the way it works, y...

Has to determine what the machines couldn't. if the machine says i can't figure out about one ballot, then it goes to the county board of elections to figure that out. and that's where we go back to 2000 to the magnifying glasses and the discussions of hanging chad and voter intent. that ended with a court order in 2000. gillian: after five weeks. we hope this time around there's a conclusion much sooner. there's a smaller number of votes than there are in a presidential election. that's one thing floridians have going for them now as they wait this. leland: the difference between bush and gor...

Ballots mysteriously being found in broward county. this is one of the most democratically heavy areas of southeast florida, gillian, and we saw counterprotesters and accusations of everything from gross incompetence of the elections board there to allegations of outright fraud as it exists there and discussions about ballots that were valid being mixed in with ballots that were perhaps questionable and now counting all of them. the big question, big picture is whether this is going to make a bit of difference in either of the races. the closest of the major races being the senate race down th...

The secretary of state will add up the numbers and if any race is decided by a margin of less than a half percent as appears to be the case in the senate and governor's race, then they will automatically be ordered for a mandatory machine recount. and most counties we spoke with today intend to do that as soon as the order comes in tomorrow afternoon. >> governor? >> so phil, you thought the elections were over and you were going to have a nice, calm weekend. boy, were you ever wrong, right? >> i tell you, 10 days of this midterm craziness and it's just beginning, i feel. >> but how come it is...