Fox News4d
Battleground states' recount rules vary widely, here's a look at how they work
Arizona: Arizona law allows for an automatic recount if the candidate with the most votes leads the closest competitor by half of 1% or less of total votes cast for both contenders. Georgia ...
USA Today3d
Could Kamala Harris call for a recount in Wisconsin? Here's what state law says
Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team. There is no automatic recount in Wisconsin, even if the unofficial results are extremely close, according to the Wisconsin Elections ...
Fox News4d
Milwaukee orders recount of 31,000 absentee ballots, likely delaying results in Wisconsin
Election officials in Milwaukee said Tuesday they will proceed with a recount of more than 30,000 absentee ballots due to tabulation issues, an error expected to ...
The Hill4d
How close does the presidential election have to be for a recount?
If the results are close, we could hear calls for recounts like we did in 2020. Whether a recount can occur will vary from state to state. As long as 500 votes are cast in the election ...
Miami Herald4d
How close does election have to be for a recount? Here’s how it works in swing states
How close does the election have to be for a recount to happen? Here’s how the process works in the seven swing states. Photo from Manny Becerra, UnSplash Many polls have indicated that the elec ...
Variety4d
‘Stop the Recount’: How the Chaotic End of the 2000 Presidential Election Sowed Seeds of Today’s Political Fury
And then, all hell broke loose. Director Jay Roach and writer Danny Strong captured the stakes and the personalities that drove that strange moment in “Recount,” the Emmy-winning 2008 HBO ...
New York Sun4d
Wisconsin To Recount 30,000 Absentee Ballots After ‘Sealing’ Issue With Tabulation Machines
A spokesman for Milwaukee, Jeff Fleming, says the recount is being conducted “out of an abundance of caution.” “We have no reason to believe that there was any compromise to any of the machines,” he ...
Charlotte Observer4d
How close does election have to be for a recount? Here’s how it works in swing states
Here is an overview of the recount process in the seven swing states. Arizona: The Grand Canyon State requires a recount if the margin between the two leading candidates is equal to or less than 0 ...
WTOP News4d
Don’t count on a recount to change the winner in close elections this fall. They rarely do
But there is no precedent for a recount changing the winner in a race with margins that big, at least not since Congress made sweeping changes to U.S. election law in 2002.
Detroit News5d
Nessel's office declines Benson's request for legal opinion on new election recount rules
Lansing — Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel's office has declined to weigh in on whether Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's office has the legal right to use new recount rules should a ...
9&10 News4d
Don’t count on a recount to change the winner in close elections - they rarely do
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the American electorate so evenly divided, there will be elections in November close enough that officials will have to recount the votes. Just don’t expect those ...