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Committee hears election-reconciliation reforms after Butte-Silver Bow recount
Summary
After the Butte-Silver Bow overcount, the committee considered SB58 (requiring election-administrator investigations of unreconciled discrepancies) and SB57 (requiring county canvass boards to investigate and, if needed, order recounts); supporters said statutory requirements will prevent late discovery of errors, while witnesses urged clarifying language and timing.
Lawmakers and election officials told the House State Administration Committee that two bills, SB58 and SB57, are meant to ensure counties reconcile ballots and vote counts before certification following the Butte-Silver Bow recount.
Senator Mike Cuffe, sponsor of both bills and chair of the special select committee that reviewed the Butte incident, recounted how an overcount of roughly 1,130 votes emerged and described the select committee's observations of recount procedures. "One possibility (for the overcount) is somebody took a stack of ballots and fed them through a second time," Cuffe said, describing…
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