--- title: Florida Presidential Election Results: Recall Sought description: Three Florida voters have filed for a presidential election recount, arguing that Hillary Clinton won more votes in the state canonical: https://time.com/4591685/florida-recount-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-06T12:54:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:16.097Z article:section: Politics og:title: 3 Florida Voters Have Launched a Long-Shot Presidential Recount Effort og:description: Recounts are still ongoing in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania og:url: https://time.com/4591685/florida-recount-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8c24f36fbcc314d/6988b0d786f68e647e6e2dc3/florida-voter-recount.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4928 og:image:height: 2772 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-ELECTION og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 3 Florida Voters Have Launched a Long-Shot Presidential Recount Effort twitter:description: Recounts are still ongoing in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8c24f36fbcc314d/6988b0d786f68e647e6e2dc3/florida-voter-recount.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Florida Voters Have Launched a Long-Shot Presidential Recount Effort > Sponsored content. 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Rhona Wise—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Dec 6, 2016 12:54 PM UTC Three Florida voters have [filed for a presidential election recount](http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/12/05/plaintiffs-want-presidential-recount-florida/95007210/) in their state—a long-shot effort arguing that Hillary Clinton actually won more votes in the state than Donald Trump. Their lawsuit was filed Monday in Leon Circuit Court, the [Tallahassee _Democrat_ reported](http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/12/05/plaintiffs-want-presidential-recount-florida/95007210/). The voters contend that hacking and malfunctioning voting machines led to an incorrect vote tally, citing anecdotal reports of voting problems on Election Day. There has been no credible evidence of hacking or interference. In the suit, plaintiffs requested a hand recount of every paper ballot in the state. Trump won 48.6% of the vote in Florida, while Clinton won 47.4%—a [margin of more than 112,000 votes](http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/florida). But time is running out before the Electoral College meets to officially elect the president on Dec. 19\. Clint Curtis, an attorney representing the three voters, said it’s possible the suit won’t get a response before then. “They can ignore it entirely,” Curtis [told the _Democrat_](http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/12/05/plaintiffs-want-presidential-recount-florida/95007210/) of the defendants, who include Trump, Republican Gov. Rick Scott and 29 presidential electors in Florida. There are currently [ongoing recounts](http://fortune.com/2016/12/05/presidential-vote-recount-wisconsin-michigan-pennsylvania-nevada/) in the swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, all of which were initiated by Green Party candidate Jill Stein. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4591685/florida-recount-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4591685/florida-recount-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"Florida Voters Have Launched a Long-Shot Presidential Recount Effort","datePublished":"2016-12-06T12:54:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:16.097Z","description":"Recounts are still ongoing in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania","url":"https://time.com/4591685/florida-recount-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","Florida","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8c24f36fbcc314d/6988b0d786f68e647e6e2dc3/florida-voter-recount.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8c24f36fbcc314d/6988b0d786f68e647e6e2dc3/florida-voter-recount.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-ELECTION","caption":"US-VOTE-ELECTION","creditText":"Rhona Wise—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4591685/florida-recount-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/","name":"Florida Voters Have Launched a Long-Shot Presidential Recount Effort"}}]}] ```