H.B. 1073 Summary

• Requires mandatory recount of all votes for any office when the margin between the apparently prevailing candidate and closest defeated opponent is 0.5% or less of the prevailing candidate's total votes.

• Mandatory recounts must use the same procedures as the initial count and be completed with results publicly announced by a specified day following the election.

• Allows apparently defeated opponents to request a hand recount within a specified number of days if mandatory recount results differ from initial count results.

• Hand recounts must be completed and results publicly announced by a specified day following the election, with no costs charged to any candidate.

• Requires the chief election officer to adopt rules allowing affected candidates or representatives to attend and witness recounts, with notification of recount time and place required at least one day prior.