In 2020, Cobb County, Ga., ordered a hand count of just the presidential votes. It took hundreds of people five full days to get through a little fewer than 400,000 ballots.

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New York State moved to paper ballots in 2010 and, after strenuous pushing from these columns, in 2020, adopted a law requiring when to do hand counts when the results are very close.

Against the advice of the state attorney general, Georgia’s Election Board approved a rule requiring poll workers to count the number of paper ballots by hand after voting is completed.

The Georgia State Election Board voted 3-2 on Friday in favor of the measure, which requires counties to start hand-counting ballots the night of the November election or the following day, ...

President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after ...

Georgia’s new rule requiring a hand count of ballots on election night brought a swift and polarized response: It’s either a recipe for disaster or a commonsense precaution.. Critics ...

A significant shift toward paper ballots and paper records of electronic votes to more easily audit election results, as well ...

You'll need to join a permanent electors register if you want to cast your ballot in this year's municipal election.

Collin County commissioners recently voted to switch to hand-marked paper ballots for future elections. Voting rights ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs set a new record for the number of bills vetoed in a single session: 178. The governor this week finished ...

A hand count of ballots in a primary election race for the Georgia Public Service Commission found a discrepancy, but Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger determined it was not a ...