As the nation waited anxiously, the officials spent hours checking ballot boxes and ballot slips for any evidence of tampering or election rigging.
Palm Beach election officials will check ballots from three precincts, while those in Volusia will recount ballots from the entire county.
In precincts using punch-card ballots, voters are instructed to punch out the ballot cleanly: "After voting, check your ballot card to be sure your voting selections are clearly and cleanly punched and there are no chips left hanging on the back of the card".
They have set up a telephone hot line and have received about 1,000 complaints of voting problems, mostly in Milwaukee, including cases where identification was not checked and ballots were not secured.
But let's be smart when we check that ballot, and make our vote count toward making our future more prosperous and safe for women and men alike.
No one ever told me to check my ballot to make sure all the chads had completely detached before putting my ballot in the ballot box.
And, while I'm at it, I would check the ballot for hot fudge sundae rather than for apple pie, which, though sweet, contains no chocolate and is therefore not a dessert.
Volunteers check their ballot station positions in the Bayelsa state capital of Yenagoa on March 27 , 2015
At the start of the election day you check the ballot box to be sure it is empty.
In addition, the bill says, voters must be allowed to check their ballots and correct any errors before the ballots are cast.
