2022 US Midterm Elections: Is It Possible To Have a Recount in Texas, Florida?
Several Republican candidates said that if they do not win the 2022 US Midterm Elections, they will challenge the results. In close races, there are laws in some states that automatically call for a recount. Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images

When the polls close on Tuesday night for the 2022 US Midterm Elections across the country, the balance of power may not be that clear yet in the tightly controlled Congress.

Many states have legislation requiring automatic recounts in close elections. According to CNBC, if they lose, some Republican candidates have already stated that they intend to challenge the results.

This puts the country at risk of another round of divisive and long-lasting legal disputes and recounts like the ones that happened after the 2020 election, which former President Donald Trump still wrongly claims he won.

Election officials reviewed the results in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Michigan while conducting new counts in that race in Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin.

The following states have a high likelihood of recounts or audits that might postpone results in 2022.

2022 Midterm Elections Texas

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is unlikely to accept defeat in the 2022 US Midterm Elections, according to Democratic candidate for governor Beto O'Rourke, who spoke to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

O'Rourke told the outlet, "I'm not counting on it," pointing to Abbott's open embrace" of Trump, "who himself tried to subvert this democracy."

According to state laws, the recount is automatic only if two candidates are tied.

If the difference between their vote total and the winner's vote total is less than 10%, the losing candidate may submit a request for a recount.

However, the petitioner deposits money for the reimbursement of the members of the recount committee, the use of automatic tallying machinery, $15 for each recount supervisor, and $50 for the coordinator. The deposit is refunded to the petitioner if the recount results in a different election result.

2022 Midterm Elections Florida

According to NPR, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was asked if he would accept the results of the election. He responded, "Sure, because I am going to win."

The source claims that he later clarified, saying, "no matter what the outcome is, I'll support it, because Florida has good laws. They're not some crazy laws like they have in Pennsylvania and these other places."

According to Fox News, his Democratic rival, Val Demings, did not respond to the query.

A recount is mandatory if the difference between the winner and a candidate does not reach 0.5% of the total votes cast.

State law mandates that a manual recount must be ordered by the secretary of state. No candidate may ask for a recount.

Meanwhile, the state of Florida funds the recounts.

2022 Midterm Elections Arizona

In an interview with CNN, Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who has Trump's support and is running on false allegations of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, refused to say if she would accept the results of the 2022 US Midterm Elections. Instead, she declared, "I'm going to win the election, and I will accept that result."

Blake Masters, a Republican running for the Senate and supported by billionaire Peter Thiel and endorsed by Trump, has been preparing the groundwork for a recount for months.

If the difference between the winner and a candidate is less than or equal to 0.5% of the total votes cast in Arizona, a recount is automatically initiated, and it is funded by the states.

However, no one can request a non-mandatory recount.

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Written by: Bert Hoover

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