MaineAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary As of 2025, Maine’s audit statute authorizes, though does not require, the secretary of state to audit federal and state offices as well as statewide referenda, using an audit, “conducted on the basis of statistical principles designed to limit the risk that certified election returns may…
MarylandAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary Under Md. Code, Elec. Law § 11-309, following each statewide general election (and optionally after statewide primary elections), the State Board of Elections conducts a manual audit of at least 2% of precincts, plus at least 1% of each of the following: early votes, absentee votes,…
MassachusettsAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary Massachusetts’s audit law, passed in 2014, requires a “hand-counted audit” after presidential general elections. The audit is conducted for 3% of all precincts in the commonwealth, rounded up to the next highest whole number, randomly selected at the state level, and applies to certain major contests.…
MichiganAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary In 2012, Michigan passed a provision for an optional post-election audit. Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.31a. As amended in 2018, the statute stipulates that the secretary of state must “prescribe the procedures for election audits that include reviewing the documents, ballots, and procedures used during an…
MinnesotaAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary Minnesota’s statute, which refers to the state’s audit as a post-election review, was signed into law in 2004. The audit is binding upon the official election results and can lead to a full recount, although no audit is required if the contest is subject to a…
MississippiAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary Mississippi does not require post-election audits. H.B. 1310, passed in 2023, authorized the secretary of state to audit election procedures of the 2023, 2024, 2026 and 2027 general elections. The procedural audit includes reviewing procedures for testing of ballot counting equipment. Miss. Code § 23-15-615. Voting…
MissouriAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary Put in place by the Secretary of State in 1990, Missouri’s audit rule requires a manual audit for a number of local, state-wide, and federal contests, as well as any contest within a certain close vote margin. The audit must include at least 5% of election…
MontanaAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary After unofficial results are available to the public in a federal election and before the official canvass, each Montana county audit committee is required to conduct a “random-sample audit.” Mont. Code Ann. § 13-17-503. The random-sample audit must include at least 10% of the precincts in…
NebraskaAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary A post-election audit is not required by a statute, but may be conducted at the discretion of the Secretary of State. Nebraska secretary of state website. According to a 2022 press release, in 2022, the Nebraska secretary of state increased the percentage of precincts audited to…
NevadaAudit Laws Back to Audit Law Database State Summary Nevada has two separate audit requirements in place. This entry provides detail on both, though for the purposes of categorization in the searchable database and the map of audit laws, we have relied on the state’s RLA provisions, unless otherwise noted. Since 2020, Nevada has been…