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Bill to let 10 citizens pay for recounts, require hand counts draws debate and stalls for lack of quorum
Summary
Sponsors proposed SB430 to allow groups of 10 qualified electors to request and prepay recounts (including hand counts) and to make recounts a prerequisite for election contests; supporters framed the bill as a tool for election integrity while county officials warned of logistic burdens; committee lacked a quorum and the bill did not advance.
Senate Bill 430, which would allow a group of 10 qualified electors to request and prepay a recount (including hand counts) and would tie recounts to the ability to bring an election contest, drew both support and operational concerns and ultimately did not advance because of lack of quorum.
Sponsor and supporters argued the change would provide citizens a discovery tool to check whether ballots were counted properly and would…
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