# Florida Republican who lost congressional special election by 59 percentage points won't concede

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 17, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-republican-who-lost-congressional-special-election-by-59-percentage-points-wont-concede/957948 "2022-01-17T20:00:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-republican-who-lost-congressional-special-election-by-59-percentage-points-wont-concede/957948/56 "2022-01-24T20:33:04Z")

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> [@DesertDog](#):
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> Is there a system in place for automatic recounts if the margin is less than a certain percentage?

Yes, within a 0.5% they will run all the ballots a second time. If the margin is within 0.25% they will manually sift through ballots rejected for overvotes and undervotes. At no point does a human being ever manually review a ballot that a machine has already counted.

See also [What are your concerns about election security and accessibility? - #13 by Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-concerns-about-election-security-and-accessibility/957167/13)

~Max

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