← Election Auditing in the US

Select any state to see a summary of its 2024 audit, with links to the law and the published results.

What gets audited: 41 of 55 audits can reach mail and early ballots, 11 leave some or all of them out, and for 3 the rule is silent 55 vote-count audit programs, 5 November 2024 General Election, by the unit audited and whether a mail, absentee or early ballot can end up in the audit. Risk-limiting audit Tiered hand count Fixed-rate hand count Full computer re-count Sample scanner re-count People read paper ballots No person reads a paper ballot (computer or scanner re-count) Mail and early ballots: can they end up in the audit? → Drawn from every ballot Their own audit units Counted with the precinct Some left out Left out: election day only Rule silent, not known Every ballot re-counted Individual ballots drawn from a list Batches of ballots, as counted Machines a scanner’s ballots Vote centers Precincts What is drawn for the audit → AZ1 AZ2 MD1 MD2 RI1 RI2 CT NM WA1 WA2 CO OH NJ PA GA NV VT IN NE OK MI1 MI2 MA FL1 FL2 NC WI MN DE1 DE2 WV KS VA1 VA2 SC1 SC2 OR SD MT WY DC AK UT AR NH CA HI ID IA TX IL KY MO NY TN In a state where most people vote by mail or early, an audit that leaves those ballots out checks only a minority of the votes. AZ2, MD2, WA1 and UT draw only from ballots counted by a cutoff, so later mail and early ballots can’t be drawn. AZ1 leaves early ballots to AZ2. Not shown: MS (no votes counted) and AL, LA, ME, ND (no audit). Select any state for details. Rules as in force for the 5 November 2024 General Election. Source: author’s compilation from state statutes, rules and audit records.