Category Archives: recounts

Litigation Stalls Utah’s Republican Primary for 2nd Congressional District

August 6, 2024, 3:13 pmprimaries, recounts2024 Primary Election CycleTabatha Abu El-Haj

AP News: “Results of a recount completed Monday in the Republican primary for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District showed incumbent U.S. Rep. Celeste Maloy still narrowly leads her opponent, who preemptively filed a lawsuit contesting the results. The Associated Press… Continue reading

“Nevada county reverses controversial vote and certifies two recounts while legal action looms”

July 17, 2024, 6:04 amelection administration, election subversion risk, recountsDan Tokaji

AP: “The 4-1 decision overturns last week’s vote against certifying election recount results from June’s primary in the politically mixed swath of northern Nevada [Washoe County], which includes Reno. The rare move had potential implications for how the November … Continue reading

“Virginia certifies John McGuire as primary winner over Rep. Bob Good, who says he’ll seek a recount”

July 3, 2024, 7:09 amrecountsRick Hasen

AP: The Virginia State Board of Elections on Tuesday certified the apparent narrow defeat of Republican Rep. Bob Good, one of America’s most conservative congressmen, to a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump in the state’s June 18 primaries.… Continue reading

Georgia County Approves Automatic Hand Recounts

July 29, 2023, 5:49 amrecountsDan Tokaji

The Guardian: A rural Georgia elections office run by Republicans who promote falsehoods about the 2020 election approved a motion on Monday to institute automatic hand recounts for all future elections. The decision will require elections staff in Spalding… Continue reading

Breaking: Kari Lake Loses Election Contest in Arizona Governor’s Race (Link to opinion)

May 22, 2023, 7:20 pmabsentee ballots, recountsRick Hasen

The trial judge in this opinion found no misconduct or illegal conduct in signature verification of absentee ballots. Kari Lake loses her election contest against Katie Hobbs for Arizona’s gubernatorial race on her final remaining issues. She can appeal, but… Continue reading

Deeeeeeeep dive into Pinal County 2022 election counting

May 5, 2023, 9:52 amelection administration, recountsJustin Levitt

The final tally in the 2022 Arizona Attorney General’s race showed a margin of 280 votes out of more than 2.5 million cast — and any race that close is going to get an awful lot of scrutiny. That’s a… Continue reading

“Arizona Supreme Court rejects most of Kari Lake’s election challenge”

March 23, 2023, 7:26 amrecountsRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Arizona’s top court has declined to hear Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s challenge to her election loss, but kept the case alive by sending one of Lake’s claims back to a county judge to review. Lake asked… Continue reading

Breaking: Kari Lake’s Election Contest Fails in Arizona Because of Utter Failure of Proof

December 24, 2022, 10:21 amfraudulent fraud squad, recountsRick Hasen

An Arizona trial court has ruled that Kari Lake’s attempt to contest the results of the Arizona gubernatorial election has failed because Lake utterly failed to prove that there was any intentional misconduct, much less misconduct that could have affected… Continue reading

“No evidence of misconduct in first day of Kari Lake election-challenge trial”

December 22, 2022, 8:49 amfraudulent fraud squad, recountsRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: The first day of an evidence trial based on an election-challenge lawsuit by Republican governor candidate Kari Lake raised plentiful suspicions but did not reveal evidence of the misconduct she alleged. Lake, a Republican endorsed by former President… Continue reading

“Judge orders 2-day trial in Kari Lake’s lawsuit, but dismisses some claims”

December 20, 2022, 7:27 amrecountsRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: judge declined Monday to dismiss Kari Lake’s election challenge after oral arguments by attorneys, giving her a chance to try to prove her claims of misconduct by election officials. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson tossed eight… Continue reading

“Recount requests delay Pennsylvania election certification”

December 15, 2022, 11:51 amrecountsRick Hasen

AP: Five weeks after Election Day, winning candidates in Pennsylvania from governor to Congress are waiting for their victories to become official. An effort that appears to be at least partially coordinated among conservatives has inundated counties with ballot… Continue reading

Arizona election contests filed

December 10, 2022, 5:23 amelection administration, provisional ballots, recountsDerek Muller

Let’s start with Attorney General candidate Abe Hamedah. He lost by 511 votes, and a recount is underway. The Arizona Republic story is here: The lawsuit specifically states that the candidate is not making claims of fraud or nefarious… Continue reading

“G.O.P. Candidate in Arizona’s Attorney General Race Sues Over Election Results”

November 23, 2022, 7:44 amrecountsRick Hasen

NYT: Abe Hamadeh, the Arizona Republican locked in a tight race to become the state’s next attorney general, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday contesting the preliminary results of an election that had already been headed to an automatic recount. The… Continue reading

Updated–Boebert’s tight race was headed to recount, Democrat conceeds

November 18, 2022, 4:21 amrecounts2022 Election CycleTabatha Abu El-Haj

Earlier this morning the AP declared that Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District was too close to call and headed to a recount. This evening The Hill reports, Democrat Adam Frisch has conceded to Lauren Boebert, noting that the recount was unlikely… Continue reading