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Turns out, the florida recount deadline of thursday at 12:00, may not be so firm of a deadline after all. this afternoon, democratic senator bill nelson, who trails governor scott by 12,000 votes, found a new lawsuit hoping to avoid the deadline for any of the 67 counties in the state, which cannot and failed to complete their machine recounts by thursday afternoon, saying every legal vote cast must be counted. it deadline or not. looking live it tonight inside the broward county recount operation, significant news and progress today, all 300,000 early votes have now been recounted. workers ar...

You it's concerning they are not following the law, they are not following the law, and that is why we have election laws. i want every legal voice at risk as in a timely fashion to vote. no one is asking that not to happen. one more point to -- as is where we have to keep an eye on -- after the machine recounts, any race that is within less than sa quarter of one point, the senate race in the agricultural race, there has to be a hand recount of the over votes and under votes, now the canvassing board, if the accounting teams don't do it, they have to sit down and determine, to devote her inte...

To tallahassee, he's going to be in a chamber where that lack of character will follow him around. people won't know whether to trust him. it's like if you're a lawyer in a small town you know the character of everybody else that's practicing in that small town. it's a small boat everybody is rowing in. if somebody shows you their true character you never forget it. that's exactly what rick scott has done here. i don't see how this helps him in washington over the next six years. >> it's called getting off on the wrong foot and he's definitely guesting off on the wrong foot in terms of his lik...

Do you think on thursday at noon, the margin is that tight and it goes to a hand recount? >> well, i think it's 3:00 p.m. i think we can probably expect hand recounts in the senate and agriculture commission race. but, look, if history has taught us anything, it's that we are going to see more lawsuits, especially if counties are unable to complete their machine recounts. and then we're going to have to ask the same question about the hand recount, whether they will be able to finish in time for their next deadline on sunday. >> all right. 3:00 p.m. on thursday. thank you for noting that patri...

>> well, i think it's 3:00 p.m. i think we can probably expect hand recounts in the senate and agriculture commission race. but, look, if history has taught us anything, it's that we are going to see more lawsuits, especially if counties are unable to complete their machine recounts. and then we're going to have to ask the same question about the hand recount, whether they will be able to finish in time for their next deadline on sunday. >> all right. 3:00 p.m. on thursday. thank you for noting that patricia mazzai, the miami bureau dhechief for "the new yo times." mr. mitchell, thank you for ...