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Status of Audit Legislation:
Law since 1990
Link to Text of Legislation:
Sampling Method:
No less than one precinct for every 100 precincts.
Trigger:
No trigger is indicated.
Oversight:
Secretary of State and the Accuracy Certification Team
Who Conducts the Audit?:
local election officials
Location of Random Selection:
State
Types of Voting Machines in Use:
Both optical scan and DREs
For more detailed information, see Verified Voting's website:
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/map.php?&topic_string=5std&year=2008&state=Missouri
Races that are Audited:
One (1) contested race or ballot issue to be manually recounted shall be randomly selected from each of the following categories, where applicable: 1. Presidential and Vice-Presidential electors, United States senate candidates and state-wide candidates; 2. State- wide ballot issues; 3. United States representative candidates and state general assembly candidates; 4. Partisan circuit and associate circuit judge candidates and all nonpartisan judicial retention candidates; and 5. In addition to the candidates and issues previously listed, the manual recount team shall select not less than three (3) contested races or ballot issues from all political subdivisions and special districts, including the county, in the selected precinct(s). When there are three (3) or fewer contested races or ballot issues within this category at a selected precinct, all shall be counted.
Voting Units that are Audited:
Precincts
Timeline for Audit:
Before Certification
Completed Before Certification?:
Yes
Absentees, Provisionals and Early Voting:
Law is unclear