Secretary of State Ken Detzner has ordered recounts for the U.S. Senate, governor and agriculture commissioner races. State law requires machine recounts when the margins between candidates are 0.5 percent or less. The machine recounts will take five days, with county canvassing boards required to report results by 3 p.m. Thursday. At that point, races with margins of .25 percent or less will go to manual, or hand, recounts. The Escambia County Canvassing Board will meet at noon Sunday to conduct the recount. If more time is needed, the canvassing board will meet daily Monday through Thursday at 9 a.m. until the recount is complete. All meetings are open to the public.
