hanging chad and butterfly ballots. let's go to the state capitol in tallahassee. we have a lawsuit filed to make sure all accounts are counted, especially in south florida. what's the news? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, jake. a pair of lawsuits filed by rick scott against the supervisors of elections in palm beach county and broward county were ruled on earlier today. scott did win both of those cases. the judge ruling that the supervisors of elections down there did violate the public records laws here, and they need to release all the information that they have about this vote tabulation. but the big question is, does this have any real impact on the overall vote counting? because that information is required to be into the secretary of state by noon tomorrow. and that's what could trigger this big and potentially historic recount. forgive the people of florida if they're having flashbacks. 18 years after a historic and controversial recount of the 2000 presidential election,