Key takeaways:
- The Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 against hand-counting ballots in the 2024 election.
- The estimated cost of hand-counting was over a million dollars, and the Board of Supervisors concluded that the results would be inaccurate.
- The Board of Supervisors has decided to keep the current system of electronic ballot-counting machines in place for the 2024 election.
Mohave County, Arizona, has decided against hand-counting ballots in the 2024 election, after the all-Republican Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 against the measure. The decision comes after months of debate and a three-day test run.
The bill authorizing hand counts was vetoed by Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs earlier this year, but the Board of Supervisors voted to direct county election officials to put together a plan for the county.
However, after further consideration, the Board of Supervisors determined that the cost of hand-counting would be too expensive and the methodology too unreliable. The estimated cost of the hand-counting would be over a million dollars, and the Board of Supervisors concluded that the results would be inaccurate.
The initial push for hand-counting was in part due to conspiracy theories about voting machines, but the Board of Supervisors ultimately determined that the cost and accuracy of hand-counting would not be worth it.
The Board of Supervisors has decided to keep the current system of electronic ballot-counting machines in place for the 2024 election. This decision comes after months of debate and consideration of the cost and accuracy of hand-counting.
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