Automatic recount procedures
Following an election, Minnesota requires a post-election audit of votes cast. An automatic recount is required under the following circumstances:
If the results from the countywide reviews from one or more counties comprising in the aggregate more than ten percent of the total number of persons voting in the election clearly indicate that an error in vote counting has occurred, the secretary of state must notify the postelection review official of each county in the district that they must conduct manual recounts of all the ballots in the district for the affected office using the procedure outlined in section 204C.35. The recount must be completed and the results reported to the appropriate canvassing board within two weeks after the postelection review official received notice from the secretary of state.
Requested recount procedures
A losing candidate may request a recount of his or her race. A voter may request a recount of ballot measure results after submitting a petition containing the signatures of 25 voters who were eligible to vote on the ballot measure.
The state covers the cost of the requested recount if the results are within the margins described below:[1]
Candidate-requested
Statewide, and district judicial offices:
Less than 0.25% of the total votes counted for the office, or
Less than ten votes when the total number of votes cast for the office is less than or equal to 400.
State legislative offices:
Less than 0.5% of the total number of votes counted for the office, or
Less than ten votes when the total number of votes cast for the office is less than or equal to 400.
County, school district, and municipal offices:
Less than 0.25% of the total number of votes counted for the office, or
Less than 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for the office when the total number is more than 400 but less than 50,000, or
Less than ten votes when the total number of votes cast for the office is less than or equal to 400.
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