House Sponsors: BOLAND. Short description: ELEC CD-MANDATORY RECOUNTS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Election Code. Requires a manual recount of votes when a candidate's margin of victory, or a referendum's margin of approval, is 0.5% or less of the votes cast for that office or with respect to that referendum. Requires a machine recount when the margin of victory or approval is 0.7% or less but more than 0.5%. Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt rules for uniform conduct of recounts throughout the State. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status