Conducting Recounts
Election Recounts - National Conference of State Legislatures
The laws governing recounts varies state by state, and a handful of states do not offer a recount process at all. Find out more.
Conducting a Recount - Quick Start Guides
A recount is an additional count of the votes cast to ensure that ballots cast were counted accurately initially and that the correct candidates or ballot ...
Revised Statutes of Missouri, RSMo Section 115.585 - MO.gov
The court or legislative body trying the contest shall issue a writ to each election authority responsible for conducting the election in any area in which an ...
Revised Statutes of Missouri, RSMo Section 115.601 - MO.gov
1. Any contestant in a primary or other election contest who was defeated by less than one percent of the votes cast for the office and any contestant who ...
CONDUCTING A RECOUNT - U.S. Election Assistance Commission
A recount provides an op- portunity for an election official to ensure that all the ballots cast are counted accurately and that the correct candidate or ballot ...
An analysis of statewide election recounts, 2000-2023 - FairVote
States should require automatic recounts in close races: When the margin is very close, a recount should occur automatically without a candidate ...
What is the law on disputing presidential election results?
One of the major features of the Electoral College is that states, for the most part, control the process by which electors cast their votes ...
Conducting Recounts - the Texas Secretary of State
A candidate may petition for a recount if: (212.022). • The candidate is shown by the election return not to have been elected to the office. • A winning ...
Procedures to Request and Conduct a Recount
This outline summarizes Texas election law with respect to recounts as currently codified. We have made every effort to insure the accuracy of this summary ...
Here's how each swing state conducts a recount of ballots | Fox News
Swing states, some of which could potentially see petitions for recounts this cycle, have different processes for conducting election ballot ...
Recounts: Federal, State, and Judicial Offices
Under what circumstances does a recount occur? An automatic recount of the results of an election for federal office, state constitutional or legislative office ...
Election recount laws and procedures in the 50 states - Ballotpedia
In the case of presidential elections, however, recounts are carried out at the state level rather than nationally. Click here to view a nationwide overview of ...
Recounts - Minnesota Secretary Of State
A recount is a process to precisely determine the vote count between two candidates whose vote margin is extremely close. During a recount, election officials ...
CONDUCTING A RECOUNT - GovInfo
1 U.S. election Assistance commission, 2005 Voluntary Voting System. Guidelines, Vol. 1, Version 1.0. 2 electionline.org, “recounts: From Punch cards to Paper ...
Recount Elections - Elections & Voting - Washington Secretary of State
Q. What triggers a mandatory recount? If the difference between the candidates is less than one half of one percent and also less than 2,000 votes, ...
Recounts - California Secretary of State
“Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code. “Vote for One” means an election for an office in which the voter may select only one ...
Voter Requested Recounts - VotesCount.com - Santa Cruz County
A recount is conducted by the elections official for the purpose of verifying the number of votes counted for any office or measure in an election.
Recount Guide - Maryland State Board of Elections
A recount is the process of resolving a challenge to the final vote count reported for an election. A recount is limited to votes counted in a single contest.
Here's how presidential election recounts work in key swing states
As Election Day arrives, polling still shows razor-thin margins between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in ...
An election recount is a repeat tabulation of votes cast in an election that is used to determine the correctness of an initial count. Recounts will often ...