No telling how long tallies will take

Just how long it will take teams to count the votes is anyone'sguess. Here is how long it took some Florida counties that have donemanual-or partial-recounts:

Broward County

Broward County started its manual recount of 588,000 ballots Nov.15. More than 60 teams of counters finished the first phase six dayslater.

Right before about 2,400 questionable ballots were to be counted,the elections supervisor, citing exhaustion, quit. A new supervisorwas appointed, and the count was finished Nov. 24.

Palm Beach County

After three days of legal challenges, Palm Beach County-with about30 two-member teams-started its hand recounts of 425,000 votes Nov.16. …