MSBEPrimary and General Elections: Risk-Limiting Audit
Following enactment of Chs. 320-321 of 2025 Acts by the Maryland General Assembly, local boards of election will perform a risk-limiting audit of voted ballots after each primary and general election. This requirement is codified in §11-309 of the Election Law Article. The regulations published in Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) Sec. 33.08.05.09 also regulate the conduct of post-election audits.
A risk-limiting audit checks a random sample of voter-verifiable paper ballots. It uses statistical science to determine, based on the margin of victory in a given contest, the number of ballots that must be manually reviewed to confirm the results reported by tabulators with a high degree of certainty.
In a risk-limiting audit, manual ballot reviews are done by election workers who are sworn to impartiality, often working in bipartisan teams. Members of the public are welcome to observe the risk-limiting audit initiation ceremony and the work of manual review teams.
Results of randomized ballot selection and comparison of tabulated to manually counted vote tallies will be posted on this page.
To learn more about Risk-Limiting Audits you can view information from:
Previous General Elections
Post Election Manual Ballot Tabulation Audit Report and Results
