The Michigan Bureau of Elections released its report on the recounts, ballot audits, and post-election procedural audits conducted after the 2024 general election. Three types of reviews were conducted:
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- A state-led recount of the 44th Michigan House District race.
- A statistical statewide ballot audit of the election in 166 randomly selected city and township precincts.
- Post-election procedural audits at the precinct level, including a hand count of the presidential race in each of the 378 randomly selected precincts.
The recount confirmed the original winner of the 44th House District. The vote differential went from 61 votes to 79 votes, which, according to the bureau, is a typical change found during a recount.
Statewide ballot audit results:
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- This was a statistical risk-limiting audit, reviewing a sufficient number of ballots to discover any tabulation error that would have changed the outcome of the election.
- Computer software randomly selected 166 precincts with a total of 119,567 ballots to be hand-counted in the audit.
- The audit found a difference of 33 votes between the machine and hand counts, just 0.3% of audited ballots.
- Both of the major political party candidates gained votes during the hand count. Kamala Harris gained 11 votes, and Donald Trump gained 10 votes.
Precinct procedural audit results:
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- Procedural audits were conducted in 378 randomly selected precincts, checking over 70 key points in the election process.
- The audits help ensure that election officials and election inspectors followed the required procedures before, during, and after Election Day.
- Procedural audits covered each voting method, including early in-person voting, voting by mail, and Election Day voting.
- Overall, the procedural audits met the standard of good general compliance with election requirements and verified that the reported election outcomes were correct.
Please click here to read the full report.
