Recount

Alternative Definitions

Definition 2

Repeat tabulation of votes cast in an election, whether manually or electronically, that is used to determine the accuracy of an initial count.

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Definition 3

The process of adding up the votes for one or more candidates or questions a second or subsequent time after the original count has b een conducted. “The process … for verifying the vote count in an election.” Texas Elec. C ode §211.002(1). The process of recounting is expensive and may not resolve a questioned electi on to anyone’s satisfaction. If the recounted totals differ from the originals, which ones, if any, are correct? Recounts are mandatory in some jurisdictions if the margin of victory is below a statutory limit. “When, in a general election, the elec tion returns for any public office, including a judicial office, reflect that a candidate is def eated or any ballot statewide measure is defeated by not more than one half of one percent of the votes cast for the office, or the ballot measure, as certified by the appropriate election officer, a recount shall be held unless the defeated candidate submits a written waiver for the recount …” Ala. Code §17-13-12(a). The “process of retabulating ballots and produc ing amended election returns based on that retabulation, even if the vote totals have not changed.” Wash. Rev. Code §29A.04.139. The “processing of ballots through the tabulation syst em for an additional time or times, conducted for the specific purpose of counting votes ag ain in any specific r ace.” Wyo. Stat. §22-1- 102(a)(xlii). Cf. RETABULATION. See also ADMINISTRATIVE RECOUNT, APPARENT WINNER,

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