Election: Fall, 2008
Washington
Automatic Recounts
Other
Automatic recounts will occur when the margin of victory is both less than 2,000 votes and less than 0.5% of the total number of votes for both candidates. RCW 29A.64.021
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Institutional Arrangements
- State Chief Election Authorities
- State High Court Composition
- Local Administrator Training
- Who tallies precinct results?
- Who counts provisional ballots?
- Who performs state canvass?
- Local Administrator
- Local Administrators' Party Affiliation
Voter Registration
- Registration Deadline
- Notice of Registration Error
- Opportunity to Correct after Registration Deadline
- HAVA matching standards
- Will the inability to verify social security number or driver's license number prevent registration?
Challenges
Provisional Ballots
- Provisional ballot - name not in poll book
- Provisional ballot - voter cast ballot in wrong precinct
- Provisional Ballot Casting Rate - 2006
- Provisional Ballot Counting Rate - 2006
Early and Absentee Voting
Voting Technology
Polling Place Operations
- Who are poll workers?
- Poll worker training
- Polling hours extension
- Polling place closing times - local times
- Polling place closing times - by Eastern time zone
Ballot Security
Emergency Preparedness
Post-Election Processes
- State certification deadline
- Election contest deadline
- Local count deadline
- Audit type
- Audit scope
- Candidate-requested recounts
- Administrative Recounts
- Automatic Recounts
- Defintion of a vote
- Election Contest Scenario #1: Unverified Ballots
- Election Contest Scenario #2: Provisional Ballots with Technical Mistakes
- What Court Would Hear a Presidential Contest?
- Who Performs Presidential recounts?
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