Democratic candidates U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Gillum continued narrowing the gap in their races on Friday, picking up hundreds more votes than their opponents in final ballot tallies released by Palm Beach County election officials late Friday.

Nelson, the incumbent, added an additional 2,154 votes to his election night results compared to 1,291 votes that his opponent, Gov. Rick Scott picked up during the final three days of ballot counting. Statewide, Scott continues to lead Nelson by about 14,000 votes, down from the 60,000 lead Scott had on election night.

In the race for governor, Gillum received an additional 1,997 votes, while Republican Ron DeSantis picked up an additional 1,089 votes in Palm Beach County. DeSantis leads Gillum by about 36,000 votes across the state.

Democrat Nikki Fried, in a tight race for Agriculture Commissioner, received an additional 2,082 votes, compared to 1,259 votes picked up by Republican Matt Caldwell. As of Saturday morning Fried takes the lead by 3,120 votes.

All three Democratic candidates narrowly trailed in results released election night. However, those results did not include ballots flagged at the polls for problems or military and overseas ballots. Elections supervisors must file certified results by noon on Saturday. Recounts in all three races appear likely.

In the State House 89 race, final results show Republican Mike Caruso ahead of Democrat Jim Bonifiglio by 37 votes - a race that will be decided by a recount.

As Palm Beach County's Canvassing Board continued its review of ballots on Friday afternoon, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher filed emergency court papers late Friday saying she cannot comply with a judge’s order to retrieve problem ballots copied by her staff but were not reviewed by the county’s Canvassing Board to ensure they were copied properly.

According to the petition, the duplicate ballots that Circuit Judge Krista Marx ordered Bucher to retrieve and present to the canvassing board before 10 a.m. Saturday have “already been intermixed into the stream of ballots and are already included in the vote tally.”

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“It is not possible to determine which duplicate ballots were presented to the canvassing board and which processed by staff or to separate the latter from the former,” Bucher’s attorney wrote in the emergency motion.

At stake are an unknown number of damaged ballots that could not be sent through tabulation machines, those that voters didn’t fill out properly and those on which the voter voted for too many candidates in the same race. The court hearing is scheduled just hours before a noon deadline for counties to submit final vote tallies to the Florida Secretary of State.

During a court hearing Friday morning, an attorney for Scott claimed Bucher allowed election workers to duplicate those ballots without having witnesses watch what they were doing as required by law.

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On Friday evening, a spokesman for Scott's campaign, blasted Bucher's petition for the emergency hearing.

"Susan Buchar (cq) has consistently refused to follow state law and comply with legally required deadlines and regulations," said Chris Harline, spokesman for Scott for Florida. "Whether it’s gross incompetence or intentional disregard for the rule of law is irrelevant at this point. Either way, it is embarrassing and unacceptable.”

Marx, who had once been a member of the canvassing board, said it is the job of the canvassing board, not elections staff, to determine voter intent and to make sure ballots were copied correctly.

Marx has scheduled a hearing for 8:30 a.m. Saturday to hear Bucher’s claim.