AZ Update - lead down to 16,985. But trump needs 60% of remaining 81k ballots

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9. FYI - AZ Recount rules

Summary of recount laws
The list below shows answers to common questions regarding recounts in Arizona.[1]

Does state law require automatic recounts?
Yes. Margins requiring an automatic recount vary based on the type of election and total turnout. These can be found below.

When must an automatic recount be completed?
No set deadline.

Can a recount be requested?
Recounts may not be requested in this state.

Who pays for a requested recount?
Recounts may not be requested in this state.

Is a refund available for requested recount costs?
Not applicable. State law does not allow requested recounts.

Can a partial recount be requested?
No.

Automatic recount procedures

Automatic recounts are required under the following conditions:

“A. A recount of the vote is required when the canvass of returns in a primary or general election shows that the margin between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for a particular office, or between the number of votes cast for and against initiated or referred measures or proposals to amend the Constitution of Arizona, is less than or equal to the lesser of the following:

1. One-tenth of one per cent of the number of votes cast for both such candidates or upon such measures or proposals.
2. Two hundred votes in the case of an office to be filled by state electors and for which the total number of votes cast is more than twenty-five thousand.
3. Fifty votes in the case of an office to be filled by state electors and for which the total number of votes cast is twenty-five thousand or less.
4. Two hundred votes in the case of an initiated or referred measure or proposal to amend the constitution.
5. Fifty votes in the case of a member of the legislature.
6. Ten votes in the case of an office to be filled by the electors of a city or town or a county or subdivision of a city, town or county.
B. Subsection A does not apply to elections for precinct committeemen, school district governing boards, community college district governing boards, fire district boards or fire district chiefs or secretary-treasurers or boards of other special districts. [2]”
—Arizona Revised Statutes
Automatic recounts are paid for by the county or town, depending on the race.[3] There is no set a deadline for the completion of an automatic recount.

Current difference is 0.51
My estimated final difference is 0.26