Rules for recounts in presidential battleground states

November 5

US President Donald Trump’s marketing campaign has known as for a recount in Wisconsin, filed lawsuits to cease vote counting in Michigan and Pennsylvania, and requested a decide in Georgia to order late-arriving ballots to be separated and secured in order that they can’t be counted.

Below is a roundup of recount legal guidelines in some battleground states:

GEORGIA

Automatic recount: No

Recount regulation: A candidate can request a recount if the margin of victory is lower than or equal to 0.5 share level.

Deadline: A recount should be requested inside two enterprise days after outcomes have been licensed.

Who pays: State regulation doesn’t specify who’s liable for recount prices.

MICHIGAN

Automatic recount: Yes

Recount regulation: A recount is required if the margin of victory is lower than or equal to 2,000 votes.

Deadline: Request for a recount must be made inside 48 hours of the vote canvass.

Who pays: The candidate requesting the recount.

NEVADA

Automatic recount: No

Recount regulation: A candidate who has been defeated can request a recount, whatever the margin of victory.

Deadline: A recount should be requested inside three enterprise days after the state’s vote canvass.

Who pays: The candidate asking for the recount.

PENNSYLVANIA

Automatic recount: Yes

Recount regulation: A recount is automated if the margin of victory is lower than or equal to 0.5 share level. Two different avenues for requesting recounts embrace requiring at the least three voter signatures that attest to an error within the vote tally, and going to state court docket to file petitions alleging fraud and error.

Deadline: By 5 p.m. on the second Thursday following the election, for automated recounts. If a recount is requested, the deadline is 5 days after the election.

Who pays: The candidate requesting the recount.

WISCONSIN

Automatic recount: No

Recount regulation: A full or partial recount will be requested if the margin of victory is lower than or equal to 1 share level.

Deadline: For presidential elections, the request should be made by 5 p.m. on the primary enterprise day after the state’s vote canvass.

Who pays: The candidate requesting the recount, if the margin is greater than 0.25 share level of the overall vote. — Reuters