ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- With a deadline come and gone -- and others still to come -- Florida's recount is set to move into another weekend.
First, the easy part: The race for governor is all but over given Republican Ron DeSantis holds a more significant lead over Democrat Andrew Gillum.
Following the first round of a machine-led recount that ended Thursday, DeSantis was able to hold off the Tallahassee mayor with a 0.41-percent lead.
If his edge fell under 0.25 percent, a manual recount would be required.
Counting votes, all by hand
A little more manual labor comes into play as election officials across the state physically recount what's known as "overvotes" and "undervotes."
According to a statement from the Florida Department of State, "An overvote is when a voter designated more choices than allowable in the recounted race and an undervote is when a voter made no choice or less than the allowable number of choices in the recounted race.”
No stupid questions: What the heck are undervotes and overvotes?
The Florida Division of Elections ordered statewide manual recounts for the U.S. Senate race between Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson and in the race for commissioner of agriculture.
Scott's lead fell to 0.15 percent, with only 0.06 percent separating agriculture candidates Matt Caldwell (R) and Nicole "Nikki" Fried (D).
Additional manual recounts must be done for state House seats in Palm Beach and Volusia counties, plus a state Senate seat in Hillsborough County between Democrat Janet Cruz and Republican Dana Young.
Some counties are making headway into the process, including:
Hillsborough County
According to Craig Latimer, the county's supervisor of elections, Scott gained 19 votes and Nelson gained 94 after the manual recount.
Young gained 11 votes and Cruz gained 17 votes, Latimer tweeted.
In the agriculture race, Caldwell gained 13 votes and Fried gained 56 votes.
Pinellas County
Scott gained 26 votes, and Nelson gained 85 votes, according to Supervisor of Elections' Deborah Clark.
What's happening with the Florida recount, a timeline
Friday, Nov. 16
The state says ballots from U.S. service members and citizens serving overseas must be received and postmarked/signed no later than Election Day.
Saturday, Nov. 17
Signature "cure" affidavits are due no later than 5 p.m. Voters whose ballots were rejected because their signatures did not match what the county had on file can file an affidavit to resolve the issue.
Sunday, Nov. 18
Official returns are due from each of Florida's 67 counties.
Tuesday, Nov. 20
At 9 a.m., the state's Elections Canvassing Commission meets to certify the official returns, officially declaring statewide winners. This governing body is made up of Scott -- who recused himself from the process -- and two members of the Florida Cabinet selected by Scott.
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