FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The drama surrounding the Florida election recount is poised to intensify as lawyers return to court ahead of a Thursday deadline to complete the review of two key races that seems increasingly out of reach in a Democratic stronghold.
Much of the trouble centers on Palm Beach County, where tallying machines have overheated. That's caused mismatched results with the recount of 174,000 early voting ballots, forcing workers to go back and redo their work with no time to spare.
A mechanic was flown in to fix the problems, but "we don't have a lot of assurances," Palm Beach County Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher told WPTV Tuesday night.
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I've never heard of a tallying machine overheating.