(a) The review of ballot counting by the director shall include only
- (1) a review of the precinct registers, tallies, and ballots cast;
- (2) a review of absentee and questioned ballots as prescribed by law; and
- (3) unless the ballot for the house district contains nothing but uncontested offices, a hand count of ballots from one randomly selected precinct in each house district that accounts for at least five percent of the ballots cast in that district.
- (b) If, following the ballot review set out in (a) of this section, the director finds there is a discrepancy of more than one percent between the results of the hand count under (a)(3) of this section and the count certified by the election board, the director shall conduct a hand count of the ballots from that district.
- (c) If the director finds an unexplained discrepancy in the ballot count in any precinct, the director may count the ballots from that precinct.
- (d) The director shall certify in writing to the state ballot counting review board and publish on the division's Internet website any changes resulting from a count performed under (b) or (c) of this section.