And if Kampf’s count of 1-in-4 ballots being read incorrectly is accurate, he actually did better than most. A study from Rice University estimated that hand counts got the results right just 58 ...

Shasta County, a conservative rural county in northern California, last year abandoned plans to hand-count ballots after the plan was estimated to cost $1.6 million and require more than 1,200 ...

Shasta County, a conservative rural county in northern California, last year abandoned plans to hand-count ballots after the plan was estimated to cost $1.6 million and require more than 1,200 ...

A hand-count audit of 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa County, Arizona, after the 2020 election took more than two months, according to the county. A wave of new ballot measures in Georgia comes ...

With the 2024 Primary Election slowly wrapping up, volunteers have started the process of hand counting 1% of the ballot to ensure the numbers line up against the overall results. “Every time we ...

He said the new rules would take effect October 1. Nye County, Nevada, a sprawling rural community northwest of Las Vegas that’s at the forefront of the hand-counting movement, plans to test ...

about why the practice of counting ballots by hand has waned. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Pam Smith: In 2020, there were about 1.3 million registered voters living ...

He said a hand count of the 2024 election would cost the county more than $1 million, and require hundreds of workers and many weeks. Supervisors voted against the plan. Lingenfelter cast the ...

The hand-counting rule requires three separate individuals ... The two Democratic groups are currently headed to trial Oct. 1 in a lawsuit they and others filed in late August over two rules ...

Estimated costs continue to mount for Shasta County to do a full hand count of ballots in future elections. It's now expected to exceed $1.5 million — about three times more than if the county ...

When Shasta County, Calif., considered moving to a hand count last year, the county clerk calculated the costs at millions of dollars, including $1 million just for new equipment—essentially ...