ELE.2.4.170 Recounts

Any qualified voter may request a referendum ballot recount within three (3) working days of the date of the election. The request for recount shall be directed to the Election Committee Chairperson who shall convene the Election Committee within three (3) working days of the receipt of the request to conduct the recount. The Election Committee shall prescribe the procedures by which a recount shall be conducted. Upon completion of the recount, the Election Committee, by majority vote, shall either affirm the original certification of referendum election results and declaration of the outcome of the referendum election or modify such certification and declaration in accordance with the results of the recount. If necessary, the Election Committee Chairperson shall issue a new certification of election results and/or a new declaration of the outcome of the referendum election. The time limit prescribed for instituting the election challenges shall not be affected by any request for election recount. However, the Election Committee may withhold its decision of any election challenge until the completion of election recounts.