Florida still tallying votes in 9 counties day after Election Day

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  • Posted November 7, 2012 at 9:48 a.m., updated November 7, 2012 at 10 a.m.
In this file photo, voting stickers sit on a table for people voting with absentee ballots on site at the Miami-Dade County elections office, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 in Miami. The Florida campaign office for President Barack Obama is encouraging Floridians to vote absentee in person with their 'Vote Now! ' initiative. The general election is Nov. 6. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Photo by Lynne Sladky

In this file photo, voting stickers sit on a table for people voting with absentee ballots on site at the Miami-Dade County elections office, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 in Miami. The Florida campaign office for President Barack Obama is encouraging Floridians to vote absentee in person with their "Vote Now! " initiative. The general election is Nov. 6. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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MIAMI — Elections officials in nine Florida counties are still counting absentee ballots, even though the presidential race has already been decided.

President Barack Obama held a slim lead in Florida early Wednesday, but he didn't need the largest swing state to win re-election. Instead, he captured several other battleground states.

In Florida, the race was too close to call as 200,000 votes had yet to be counted. Obama's lead was much less than that — about 50,000 ballots.

Long lines at the polls and last-minute absentee ballots prevented votes from being counted in some places. Miami-Dade elections officials counted through the night and had about 20,000 absentee ballots left to count Wednesday. Pinellas County officials say they'll reconvene Wednesday at 9 a.m. to tally more than 9,000 absentee ballots received on Election Day.

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