Recount Charges
Santa Cruz
Cost breakdown for manual tally:
Number of
Boards | Board Costs | Supervisor Pay | Cost per Day |
|---|
| 1 | $240 | $325 | $565 |
| 2 | $480 | $500 | $980 |
| 3 | $720 | $675 | $1395 |
http://www.votescount.com/books/recreq.htm
San Mateo
San Mateo charges $708/day per team - a 4 person panel and a supervisor
(
http://www.hmbreview.com/articles/2005/11/23/news/local_news/story01.txt
Los Angeles
Costs for a manual tally as of May, 2006:
Number of
Boards | Cost per Day |
|---|
| 1 | $ 3,127 |
| 2 | $ 4,986 |
| 3 | $ 6,844 |
| 4 | $ 8,703 |
| 5 | $11,830 |
| 6 | $13,689 |
| 7 | $15,547 |
| 8 | $17,406 |
| 9 | $20,533 |
| 10 | $20,533 |
| 11 | $24,251 |
| 12 | $26,109 |
(Cost will include labor,
equipment, material and personnel.)
http://www.lavote.net/VOTER/PDFS/REQUESTING_A_RECOUNT.pdf, page 4.
San Diego
In the San Diego Mayor's special election in July, 2005, a voter was charged
$8200 for one and a half day with four teams counting.
Marin County
After the special election Nov. 8, 2005, a group requested a recount of one
proposition in one precinct in Marin County. They
were quoted $3502 to recount poll site ballots, $5808 for all ballots,
plus a $17000 charge for presorting the ballots.
In 2004, Frank Egger asked for a recount of 3,000 absentee ballots in
the city of Fairfax. He was told he needed to deposit $18,000.
Last year, a Marin county race was decided by 0.35%. A county wide
recount for that race was estimated at $160,000 to recount 143,000
votes.
2007 Update for Marin:
The approximate cost of a recount is as follows:
Day 1: $1,900. This includes planning, publication, notification
of the candidates as required by the Elections Code, and one recount
board.
Day 2 and following: $500. This amount will increase depending on
the number of precincts to be recounted and the number of recount
boards needed.
(From:
http://co.marin.ca.us/depts/RV/main/Documents/Recount_Procedures.pdf
)