| 70. | For the November 2004 general election, did your state specify a time period following election day for certification of the election results of federal and statewide elections? | ||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | Specified time period (please fill in number of days below.) | ||
| 2. | Did not specify time period | ||
| 3. | Don't know | ||
| a. Number of days specified for certification of the election results: |
| 71. | For the November 2004 general election, did your state have or not have requirements or guidance for determining how or whether to count a machine unreadable ballot? | ||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | State had such requirements or guidance | ||
| 2. | State did not have such requirements or guidance | ||
| 3. | Don't know | ||
| 4. | N/A - did not have optical scan or punchcard system | ||
| 72. | For the November 2004 general election, did your state have or not have requirements or guidance for determining voter intent? | ||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | State had such requirements or guidance | ||
| 2. | State did not have such requirements or guidance | ||
| 3. | Don't know | ||
| 4. | N/A - did not have paper, optical scan, or punchcard system | ||
| 73. | For the November 2004 general election, did your state require or not require that local jurisdictions count or keep track of ballots that were unused, spoiled, rejected, or issued but not returned? | ||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | State required | ||
| 2. | State did not require | ||
| 3. | Don't know | ||
| 4. | N/A - did not have paper, optical scan, or punchcard system | ||
| 74. | For the November 2004 general election, did your state require or allow local jurisdictions to conduct audits of vote counts? (Note: Audit would be an automatic recount in full or in part regardless of the election outcome.) | ||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | State required for all local jurisdictions (GO TO QUESTION 76.) | ||
| 2. | State required for some local jurisdictions (GO TO QUESTION 76.) | ||
| 3. | State allowed | ||
| 4. | State did not require or allow | ||
| 5. | Don't know | ||
| 75. | Since November 2004, has your state taken any action (e.g., enacting or pending legislation, executive action) to require audits of vote counts? | ||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | Yes, action taken (e.g., legislation enacted or executive action) | ||
| 2. | Yes, either legislation is pending or was considered in legislative session but not enacted, or executive action is pending or was considered | ||
| 3. | No action taken (and nothing pending) | ||
| 4. | Don't know | ||
| 76. | For the state certification of the November 2004 general election, what challenges did you encounter, if any? |
| 77. | For the primary and general elections in calendar year 2004, did your state have any recounts for federal or statewide offices? | ||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | Yes, for both federal and statewide offices | ||
| 2. | Yes, for only federal offices | ||
| 3. | Yes, for only statewide offices | ||
| 4. | No, did not have recounts for federal or statewide offices | ||
| 5. | Don’t know | ||
| 78. |
Information provided by your state in 2001 indicated that in November 2000 a mandatory recount (with respect
to elections for elective office) was required when: [State's 2000 criteria for mandatory recount]
If this information is incorrect, please provide correct information for what was in place in November 2000: |
| a. Did your state's criteria for these mandatory recounts remain the same or change for November 2004? | |||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | Remained the same | ||
| 2. | Changed (describe below) | ||
| 3. | Don't know | ||
| b. If changed, please indicate your state's criteria for these mandatory recounts that were applicable in November 2004: |
| 79. |
Information provided by your state in 2001 indicated that in November 2000 a recount could be
requested by: [State's 2000 requirement for who could request recount]
If this information is incorrect, please provide correct information for what was in place in November 2000: |
| a. Did the state guidance/requirement for who could request a recount remain the same or change for November 2004? | |||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | Remained the same | ||
| 2. | Changed (describe below) | ||
| 3. | Don't know | ||
| b. If changed, please indicate your state's guidance/requirement related to who could request a recount that was applicable in November 2004: |
| 80. |
Information provided by your state in 2001 indicated that in November 2000 the entity responsible
for the recount process was: [State's 2000 requirement for entity responsible for recount process]
If this information is incorrect, please provide correct information for what was in place in November 2000: |
| a. Did your state's guidance/requirement for the entity responsible for the recount process remain the same or change for November 2004? | |||
| (CHECK ONLY ONE ANSWER) | |||
| 1. | Remained the same | ||
| 2. | Changed (describe below) | ||
| 3. | Don't know | ||
| b. If changed, please indicate your state's guidance/requirement related to the entity responsible for the recount process that was applicable in November 2004: |
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