Three recounts, baseless voter fraud claims and mixed messages from candidates: Here’s what’s going on with the Florida elections

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• Florida’s midterm elections have descended into chaos.
• The secretary of state ordered recounts in three races Saturday.
• A top election official said Sunday it would be “impossible” to meet the Thursday deadline. 
• Political tensions have reached a fever pitch amid baseless claims of voter fraud from Republicans including President Donald Trump. 

Florida’s midterm elections descended into chaos over the weekend as three recounts were ordered and baseless claims of voter fraud arose.

Tensions reached a fever pitch after Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner ordered automatic machine recounts for the US Senate, governor, and agricultural commissioner races in an unprecedented move.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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