R 168.908 Performance of recount; materials not subject to a recount.

Rule 8. (1) A recount is performed only if the number of ballots to be recounted is enough to change the result of the election. (2) A recount is an administrative process limited to determining the number of votes cast on ballots for each candidate seeking a particular office or determining the number of votes cast for or against a ballot question. (3) If the board of state canvassers or the board of county canvassers receives a petition to conduct an investigation or an audit of the conduct of an election, a petition to assess the qualifications of electors participating in an election or the manner in which ballots are applied for or issued to electors, or a petition to do anything other than conduct a recount as described in this rule, the board of state canvassers or the board of county canvassers must deny that request for a recount. (4) When conducting a recount, the only materials available to be reviewed in the recount are the ballots, poll book, and any poll lists necessary to complete the recount.