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Lawmakers Weigh Automatic Recounts in State Elections

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Election watchers call it the doomsday scenario: a nail-biter of a statewide election with a recount process so antiquated that the whole thing ends up in court. That was the fear last month when a recount began in the race for state controller. It did not end up in court, but it did spark an effort to rewrite the law.

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