[EL] How many states audited their elections in 2020?

[Stephanie F Singer]

Verified Voting consolidates state-by-state audit laws, regulations and procedures <https://verifiedvoting.org/auditlaws/> (including DC but not including the five territories). 

In addition to state-level audits, many counties have conducted audits above and beyond what is required by state law. I don’t know of an up-to-date catalog of these. 

Verified Voting also has a variety of resources <https://verifiedvoting.org/audits/auditfaq/> explaining the different types of audits and answering other common questions.

> On Sep 30, 2021, at 7:02 AM, Thessalia Merivaki <liamerivaki at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yes, indeed. As a first sweep, I am interested to see if all states did any type of audit, and then clarify what type it was. 
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> Lia
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> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 6:09 AM Trevor Potter <tpotter at capdale.com <mailto:tpotter at capdale.com>> wrote:
> There is also a distinction between different types of audits. My understanding is that there are currently very few states that have the sort of random machine count vs paper ballot audit that Colorado and RI now require.
> Trevor Potter
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> On Sep 29, 2021, at 5:46 PM, Thessalia Merivaki <liamerivaki at gmail.com <mailto:liamerivaki at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> Apologies if my question sounds ignorant. I am curious about how many states conducted audits (including RLAs) in 2020. Looking at NCSL's doc<https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/post-election-audits635926066.aspx <https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/post-election-audits635926066.aspx>> on audits and RLAs, I counted about 40+ states which require a "traditional" post-election audit, and/or an RLA.
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> I am wondering if all states audited their elections in 2020, including those who according to NCSL do not have anything on the books:  LA, ME, MS, NH, SD?
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> Thank you in advance.
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> Lia
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