FloridaAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary Signed into law in 2007, Florida’s audit law is not binding on official results, does not lead to a full recount, and audits only one randomly selected election contest, selected separately in each county. No contest with boundaries greater than a countywide contest can effectively be…
GeorgiaAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary In 2024, the Georgia legislature passed House Bill 974, which revised Georgia’s audit provisions in Ga. Code § 21-2-498 so that, as of July 2024, the statute requires “precertification risk-limiting audits.” Ga. Code § 21-2-498(b). The statute expands the number of contests subject to a risk-limiting…
HawaiiAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary Hawaii Rev. Stat. §16-42 requires a “pre-certification audit of a random sample of not less than 10% of the precincts employing the electronic voting system.” The audit can be expanded if discrepancies are found, and is completed prior to certification. Hawaii became a vote-by-mail state in…
IdahoAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary In 2022, the Idaho Legislature passed legislation requiring a post-election audit after primary and general elections. Previously, Idaho only conducted an audit when a recount was required. In 2024, Idaho’s H.B. 1, amended the state’s post-election audit law to clarify that the audit requires hand counting…
IllinoisAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary Audits in Illinois are conducted primarily by machine retabulation. (The paper records from Direct Recording Electronic voting systems may be audited either manually or by machine.) Before results are certified, officials randomly sample and audit 5% of the precincts in their jurisdiction, as well as 5%…
IndianaAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary Indiana’s audit law, first passed in 1986, allows for an audit of the entire ballot; however, audits do not lead to a full recount. Audits in Indiana are not mandatory but rather occur under specific circumstances, depending on the type of voting system in use. For…
IowaAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary Iowa conducts audits after each general election for the race of president or governor. The election code was revised in 2021 to require the state commissioner to conduct audits of “all other elections.” The state commissioner shall determine the number of counties and precincts to be…
KansasAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary After an election and prior to certification, the county election officer is required to conduct a manual audit or tally of each vote cast, regardless of the method of voting, in 1% of precincts, with a minimum of one precinct located within the county. Kan. Stat.…
KentuckyAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary Effective July 2024, Kentucky statute provides for “the conducting and review of an election audit” (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 117.383(8)) as part of the official canvass. The audit consists of the random selection of one ballot scanner and one race tabulated by that scanner in each…
LouisianaAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary In 2022, Louisiana lawmakers passed HB 924 requiring post-election tabulation audits of paper ballots. However, the implementation of HB 924 is dependent upon the state’s acquisition of new voting equipment capable of producing a voter-verified paper record, which has been delayed. Therefore, while Louisiana’s statute requires…
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