AUGUSTA, MAINE – The Department of the Secretary of State announced the schedule for recounts requested by candidates in three races:
Recounts:
- Monday, June 22 at 9 a.m.: Senate District 30 – Democrat
- Thursday, June 25 at 9 a.m.: House District 49 – Republican
- Thursday, June 25 at 1 p.m.: House District 135 – Democrat
The recounts will take place in the Florian Room located at the Maine Public Safety Building at 45 Commerce Ave., Augusta. Recounts are open to the public and media and will be livestreamed on the Secretary of State’s YouTube page.
Additional recounts could be requested following the conclusion of the ranked choice voting tabulations.
Recount process: Maine statute Title 21-A, §737-A lays out a specific plan, process and any related costs for votes to be recounted. In a recount, representatives of each candidate and staff members from the Department of the Secretary of State manually review each paper ballot to determine the official vote tally:
- In Ranked Choice Voting races: only a candidate who received one of the top three rankings at the end of the penultimate round of ranked‑choice counting may request a recount, and they must file with the Secretary of State a written request within five business days after results are announced.
- In non-Ranked Choice races: any candidate other than the apparent winner who desires a recount must file with the Secretary of State a written request for a recount within five business days after the election.
Official results will be available and posted within 20 days after the election on the Election Results page.
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