THE LEAD STORY - MIDTERM ELECTION CHAOS IN THREE STATES: The supervisor of elections in Florida's heavily Democratic Palm Beach County said Sunday that she did not believe her department would meet a Thursday deadline to complete recounts in the Sunshine State's historically tight gubernatorial and Senate races, threatening to further confuse an increasingly chaotic and politically fraught process ... The supervisor, Susan Bucher, told reporters that she did not expect to meet the deadline due to aging equipment. Florida Department of State spokeswoman Sarah Revell told FOX News that under state law, if a county does not submit their results by the deadline, then the results on file at the time take their place. Revell added that Florida's Secretary of State has no authority to grant extensions. The recount in most other major population centers, including Miami-Dade and Pinellas and Hillsborough counties in the Tampa Bay area, were taking place without incident on Sunday. Smaller counties are expected to begin their reviews Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
In Georgia, Democrat Stacey Abrams' campaign on Sunday filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to delay vote certifications in Georgia’s unsettled governor's race by one day and block counties from tossing some provisional and absentee ballots that may have minor mistakes on them.Brian Kemp, her Republican challenger, issued a statement a day earlier calling for Abrams to concede. Kemp has declared victory and said it is "mathematically impossible" for her campaign to force a runoff. FOX 5 Atlanta reported that Kemp is up by 59,000 votes. Kemp had 50.2 percent of the vote by early Monday.
Meanwhile, in Arizona, Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema increased her advantage over Republican challenger Martha McSally in the U.S. Senate race to more than 32,000 votes. As of 8:30 p.m. ET Sunday, Sinema had received 1,071,280 votes statewide, giving her 49.58 percent, according to the Arizona Secretary of State office. Meanwhile, McSally received 1,038,988 votes, giving her 48.07 percent. - Reported by Gregg Re (@gregg_re on Twitter), Samuel Chamberlain (@SChamberlainFOX on Twitter), Edmund DeMarche and Elizabeth Zwirz
- Brad Blakeman: Fla. ballot mess shows we need a better election system – Here’s how to get it
- Mary Anne Marsh: Recount Redux in Florida -- haven't we seen this movie before?
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