Obama supporter playing both sides

A big-time donor to President Barack Obama is also a financial supporter of Paul Ryan. Marc Benioff, a national campaign co-chair for President Obama's reelection campaign, donated $10,000 to Ryan's political action committee earlier this summer, in June, according to CNN.

What's so attractive about Ryan, Benioff said, is his focus on deficit and budget issues. The nation's fiscal difficulties must be addressed, the CEO said, and Ryan's ideas offer "a lot of the right long-term thinking for the country."

Bernard/Clemens Recount

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The Secretary of State has just issued what is called an Order by Secretary of State on Conduct of Machine Recount. This means that the machine recount must begin asap and the recount filed with the Division of Elections (via the SOE-night program) no later than 3pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012.

From the 2nd unofficial machine returns, the Secretary of State will determine if a manual recount is warranted and, if so, will notify the Supervisor of Elections so that they can begin the recount. If this is ordered, the recount results are due at 5pm on Tuesday, August 21.

Clemens/Bernard Re-Count

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At the moment, the Supervisor of Elections office is counting the provisional ballots. They should have an answer tomorrow. I was told that it would not be up on their web site tonight as they close at 5pm.

The problem:  There was a change in the voting law.
Voters who move from one county to another must file a provisional ballot if they haven't already changed their address with the supervisor's office. Previously, Florida voters could change their address at the polls and fill out a regular ballot. This is one of the situations that we encountered when we were petitioning--voters had moved and not yet changed their address with the SOE.

Bucher said that Palm Beach County officials have to check with 11 other counties to make sure that the provisional voters did not vote in two places.

"Under state law, a margin less than a quarter percentage point requires a so-called "hand" recount. The 35 votes is less than a quarter percent. Provisional’s cast for example are when voters show up at the wrong polling location and all provisional’s have to be approved by the canvassing board. Both Mack and Bernard tell CBS12 reporter Chuck Weber they agree with the process and look forward to the final results. If a hand recount is required it would take place either Friday or Saturday."