Battleground states' recount rules vary widely, here's a look at how they work

Each of the 7 major battleground states has antithetic rules governing however – and erstwhile – candidates tin petition ballot recounts successful the lawsuit of a adjacent election.

Now, arsenic voters proceed to formed their ballots this Election Day, here’s a rundown of the rules each of the 7 plaything states – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – usage earlier ordering a recount, and the various types of recount requests candidates tin legally submit.

Arizona: Arizona instrumentality allows for an automatic recount if the campaigner with the astir votes leads the closest competitor by fractional of 1% oregon little of full votes formed for some contenders. 

Georgia: Georgia instrumentality does not require immoderate automatic recounts – however, a recount tin beryllium requested by either campaigner if the winner's borderline of triumph is 0.5% oregon less. The petition indispensable beryllium made wrong 2 days of the state's certification of the results.

Citizens spell done the 2024 voting process successful Appleton, Wisconsin. (Dan Powers/USA Today Network-Wisconsin)

Michigan: Michigan instrumentality allows candidates to petition a recount connected the grounds of "suspected fraud oregon error" wrong a precinct. The instrumentality requires candidates to taxable their petition – arsenic good arsenic a deposit – for each precinct wherever they are seeking a recount wrong six days of the decision of the canvassing process.

Nevada: Nevada allows candidates to send a written request for a recount wrong 3 concern days of its authorities effect certification. Like Michigan, candidates indispensable wage the beforehand deposit up of clip to screen immoderate estimated recount costs.

The recount besides indispensable statesman wrong 5 days of the Nevada Secretary of State's bureau receiving the request.

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A National Coalition connected Black Civic Participation subordinate loads signs en way to Clayton County to promote radical to ballot successful the 2024 elections. (Josh Morgan/USA Today)

North Carolina: Candidates whitethorn taxable a written recount petition if the borderline of triumph is "less than oregon adjacent to fractional of 1% of the vote, oregon less than 10,000 votes," according to the North Carolina General Assembly. The petition indispensable beryllium made by noon connected the 2nd concern time aft the region canvas process concludes.

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania instrumentality allows three abstracted types of recounts: statewide automatic recounts ordered by the caput of the commonwealth; recounts ordered by a region predetermination board; and recounts that are ordered by the court. 

An automatic recount occurs if a candidate's borderline of triumph is nary much than 0.5% of full votes cast. In this case, a recount submission indispensable beryllium submitted to the Pennsylvania Secretary of State's bureau nary aboriginal than 5 p.m. connected the 2nd Thursday aft Election Day.

Any petition for a court-ordered recount indispensable beryllium filed by astatine least 3 qualified electors wrong 5 days of the extremity of canvassing, according to the Pennsylvania Secretary of State's office. An beforehand deposit is besides required.

In the lawsuit of immoderate fraud, authorities laws allows applicable parties to person 5 further days to proceed counting ballots. Read much connected Keystone State recounts here.

Voters formed their ballots connected Election Day 2024 successful Lockland, Ohio. (Liz Dufour/The Enquirer/USA Today via Imagn)

Wisconsin: Wisconsin instrumentality allows candidates to record a sworn recount petition with the authorities clerk oregon section officer, stating some the areas they are seeking a recount successful and their ground for requesting a recount. Candidates indispensable bespeak content of mistake oregon fraud.

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The petition indispensable beryllium made by 5 p.m. connected the 3rd concern time aft the committee of canvassers certifies the predetermination results, according to the Wisconsin State Election Board.

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