Talk:Election recount

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Deletion?[edit]

Wikipedia is not a dictionary, I would like to here a compelling argument on why this page should not be deleted.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.179.66.68 (talk) 10:54, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

10 years after that comment, the article now shows how some jurisdictions differ, which is relevant to an encyclopedia. It could be much better, with academic research on recounts and the topics listed below. That's a reason to expand, not delete. Numbersinstitute (talk) 18:27, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Needed improvement areas[edit]

partial vs full recount
legal issues
Canvass, compare and contrast terms
recount boards, and other local distinctions
accuracy \ chain of custody and other reasons for recount
Parallel vote tabulation

--Electiontechnology (talk) 22:25, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Since this article doesn't have these "areas", I assume that you'd like to see them added. However, the last one links to another article. So I assume that you mean that this article can link to other articles for further information. (For example: the penultimate area is a section in another article.) Listing these areas isn't self-explanatory about what you're suggesting though. rootsmusic (talk) 00:02, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recount laws in certain jurisdictions[edit]

If there's interest in creating something like a table of recount laws for US states, here are a couple of articles that would be useful in sourcing it: Automatic Recounts, National Conference of State Legislatures; What are the recount rules in the battlegrounds?, POLITICO; State Recount Laws Searchable Database, Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota. clpo13_(talk) 00:03, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Like @Numbersinstitute's table about U.S. audit rules? rootsmusic (talk) 00:07, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]