Any late word on the Jennings recount?

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Or what may have happened to 18,000 votes?

[Freddie Stubbs]

1. Miami Herald: Voting recount begins with a lawsuit

As a recount began in a congressional race in Sarasota County, lawyers for Democrat Christine Jennings voiced concern about a state computer expert with GOP ties.

BY PHIL LONG AND MARC CAPUTO
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SARASOTA - With nearly 18,400 votes lost or uncast in a hot congressional race, elections officials began a recount Monday in five counties and promised a fair examination of the voting machines -- only to have a lawsuit filed and questions of partisan bias crop up by day's end.

The campaign of Democrat Christine Jennings, who trails Republican Vern Buchanan by only 373 votes, voiced concerns about the GOP ties of a computer expert hired by the state to check the touch-screen voting machines in Sarasota County.

Meanwhile, the campaign filed a lawsuit Monday aimed at making sure all of the voting systems and documents remain in their Election Day state.

more: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/16005826.htm