The state's so-called sunshine laws designate the ballots as public records open to examination and Republican requests to have them sealed for up to eight years in the interests of national security are considered unlikely to succeed. The US supreme court prevented any possibility of completing the tally of Florida's 40,000 undervotes - ballots with no vote for president recorded. The Miami Herald, joined by the New York Times, the LA Times and Time, initially wanted access to the 10,750 contested ballots in Miami-Dade, the biggest county.
People can come to their own conclusions.
Only election officials are permitted to handle the ballots.