Observed arrival · 2026-10-24
Election Auditing in the US
A state-by-state comparison of post-election audit methods used after the 2024 U.S. general election, with state summaries and links to laws and results.
- For
- Readers comparing U.S. state election-audit rules
- Worth noticing
- It identifies 11 risk-limiting audits across 9 states and notes that 6 audits requiring expansion do so only after certification.
Field notes
The comparison organizes audit rules across 50 states and DC, with state summaries pointing readers to laws and published results or noting when results are unavailable online. Its explanations distinguish fixed-rate, tiered hand-count, risk-limiting, and ballot-image audits. The homepage also reports an estimated 2,920 local election offices involved, while warning that the displayed rules are those in force for the 2024 election and do not reflect later legal changes.
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