vote recount
Second electoral tally
A vote recount is a second tabulation of ballots in an election, typically triggered when results fall within a narrow margin or when irregularities are alleged.
Recounts may be automatic under election law or requested by a candidate: The race was close enough to trigger an automatic recount.
She demanded a recount after losing by fewer than five hundred votes.
- close raceContest with slim margin
- electoral lawRules governing voting processes
- hanging chadIncompletely detached ballot perforation
- paper trailDocumentary evidence chain
- margin of errorAllowable deviation from truth
swing state · forensic audit · provisional ballot · chain of custody · campaign strategy · judicial review · media framing · protest movements · political polarization · civic engagement · advocacy campaigns
- election disputescontested results, recounts, electoral dispute, electoral disputes, ballot disputes
- political turmoilpolitical instability, power vacuum, coup d'etat, military coup, uprising
vote recountconcession
Yielding a point
election certification · concession speech · landslide victory
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