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VC004

Votes are sorted/counted at
Question:Following the close of the voting, where are the votes first sorted and counted?
Answer: c. Special counting centres
Comments: The accounting of ballots shall begin after all the polls in each election district are closed and shall continue in any tabulating location specified by the Commission until all votes are counted.
Source: https://cnmilaw.org/pdf/public_laws/12/pl12-18.pdf Election law 6524 (a)(1)
Verified: 2024/12/11
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VC011

When are ballots recounted?
Question:Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Answer(s): d. By request
Comments: Within the five days after personal receipt of the complaint by the defendant, an answer or any responsive pleading or motion shall be filed with the Court... At the hearing the ballots shall be recounted in the presence of all parties, where it appears from the complaint filed that a recount is necessary for the proper determination of the contest. If two or more statements of contest are filed requiring a recount, the Commission may join the action of the contestants for the purpose of recounting the votes.
Source: https://cnmilaw.org/pdf/public_laws/12/pl12-18.pdf Election law 6604 (a) and 6605 (a)
Verified: 2024/12/11
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