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Map of Maricopa County, Arizona, the jurisdiction for which ballots were audited. The 2021 Maricopa County presidential ballot audit, commonly referred to as the Arizona audit, was an examination of ballots cast in Maricopa County during the 2020 United States presidential election in Arizona initiated by Republicans in the Arizona State Senate and executed by private firms.
Arizona has an automatic recount margin law of 0.5%, an expansion from 0.1% after a change in state law in 2022. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. Holiday Shopping Guides.
In 2020, the Arizona presidential race was decided by 0.3% of the vote, and similar results this year may trigger an automatic recount. Show comments Advertisement
Biden's statewide winning margin of 0.3% remained out of range for a recount, since Arizona Revised Statutes does not have provisions for candidate- or voter-requested recounts. Furthermore, an automatic recount will only be performed if the margin is lower than 0.1%. [173]
Arizona’s most populous county certified its primary election results Monday, setting in motion a recount for the Democratic nomination in an open congressional district where 42 votes separate ...
This triggered an automatic recount under Arizona law; the recount was completed on December 29 with the Democrat winning by an even slimmer 280 vote margin and just 0.01%, making it the closest statewide election in any state in 2022. The results were certified by the Secretary of State and the election process completed on December 29.
The unprecedented private recount of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County may run afoul of federal law requiring ballots to remain in the control of elections officials for 22 ...
Mandatory recounts are paid for by the elections official, or the state. Mandatory recounts can usually be waived by the apparent losing candidate. The winning side will usually encourage the loser to waive the recount in a show of unity and to avoid spending taxpayer money. Each jurisdiction has different criteria for optional recounts.