How your vote is counted, and who certifies it.
Voting rules, counts, certification and the people in charge of them.
- Explainer A Race Decided by 0.1% Gets an Automatic Recount in Michigan. In Wisconsin, Someone Has to Ask and Maybe Pay.Three swing states, three different rules for when a close race gets counted again. The thresholds, straight from state law.
- News DOJ Charged 28 People From Its List of 20,000 'Likely Noncitizen' California Voters. Here Is the Math.The Justice Department says every defendant is on the list it gave California last week. The list is more than 20,000 names. California has 23.2 million registered voters. What the government has and has not shown.
- Explainer Election Night Results Are Not Official. Here Is When Your Vote Actually Becomes Final.Counties have days to count, voters have days to fix mistakes, and the law tells officials when they must certify. The real calendar in five swing states.