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The counting process is still ongoing in the major states and some expected it to take longer due to the large number of voters for this election.
With the escalation of calls for the campaign of the president of the United States, Donald Trump to count the votes in Wisconsin and the filing of lawsuits to stop the census in Michigan and Pennsylvania, and lawsuits in Georgia to separate the late ballots and secure them so they cannot be counted, there are many questions about the rules for counting votes in critical states.
In the United States, the presidential candidate needs to obtain 270 of the 538 votes in the electoral college in order to win the elections.
On Thursday, the Trump campaign lost two court decisions in the states of Georgia and Michigan as it pledged to file a new lawsuit to challenge what it called voting irregularities in Nevada.
Here’s a rundown of the counting laws in some crucial states:
Arizona
Auto restart: yes
The Law of Recalculation: A recount is performed automatically when the winning margin between two candidates is less than or equal to 0.1 percentage point.
Deadline: There is no specific deadline to complete the count.
Georgia
Auto restart: No.
The Law of Recalculation: A candidate can request a recount if the winning margin is less than or equal to 0.5 percentage points.
Deadline: A recount must be requested within two business days after the results are approved.
Michigan
Auto restart: yes
Recalculation Law: A recount is required if the profit margin is less than or equal to two thousand votes.
Deadline: A request for a recount must be submitted within 48 hours of the official vote count.
Nevada
Auto restart: No.
Recalculate the law: The defeated candidate may request a recount, regardless of the margin of victory.
Deadline: A recount must be requested within three business days after the official vote count.
North Carolina
Auto restart: yes
Recalculation Law – A statistic can be re-counted if the profit margin is less than or equal to one percentage point.
Deadline: For venues administered by the state board of elections, the deadline to request a recount is 12 noon on the second business day after the official vote count. As for the venue, run by the county board of elections, the deadline is 5 pm on the first business day after the official count.
Pennsylvania
Auto restart: yes
The Law of Counting: Counting is automatic if the profit margin is less than or equal to half a percentage point, and there are two other methods of requesting a count including requesting the signature of at least 3 voters who testify about an error in the count votes and go to state court to file petitions alleging tampering and errors.
Deadline: by 5 pm on the second Thursday after the election, for automatic recount. If a recount is requested, the deadline is 5 days after the election.
Wisconsin
Auto restart: No.
The law of recalculation: a total or partial count can be requested if the profit margin is less than or equal to one percentage point.
Deadline: For presidential elections, the application must be submitted by 5 pm on the first business day after the official vote count.
