That's how many states require regular election audits under state law, with Georgia among the most visible this week, as Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger opened the state's risk-limiting audit of the May 19 primary to the public, rolling 10-sided dice to randomly select batches of ballots for hand-counting across all 159 counties. This year's audit is auditing two contests instead of the usual one — the Republican U.S. Senate primary and the Democratic primary for governor — and comes with an urgent backdrop: A state law passed in 2024 bans the use of ballot QR codes for official vote counts after July 1, forcing a special legislative session beginning June 17 to overhaul Georgia's entire election counting system before the next election.
