Florida to recount Senate ballots by hand

By Letitia Stein
Updated November 16 2018 - 11:56am, first published 9:32am
Both the Senate and governor races are scrutinised as Florida is traditionally a key swing state.
Both the Senate and governor races are scrutinised as Florida is traditionally a key swing state.

Florida election officials have ordered a hand recount of ballots in the closely fought US Senate race between Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson and his Republican challenger, Governor Rick Scott, after a machine recount showed them divided by a razor-thin margin.

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