It's ON! Clemens-Bernard Recount Starts Today



State Rep. Mack Bernard

The county's canvassing board will meet at 1 p.m. today to start a machine recount of votes cast in the Jeff Clemens-Mack Bernard State Senate District 27 primary election.

The recount will take place at the warehouse belonging to the Supervisor of Elections office at 7835 Central Industrial Avenue in Riviera Beach.

The machine recount is expected to be completed by the end of the day, according to Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher's office, and will be followed by a hand count of the "over and under votes" tomorrow, Saturday, beginning at 11:30 a.m.

As of yesterday, the final count was 12,150 for Clemens and 12,116 for Bernard, a difference of just 34 votes.

According to a letter from the state's Division of Elections, the final election results will be certified by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 21. You can read that letter on the Supervisor of Elections website:
http://www.pbcelections.org/