Mohave County recently posted the results of its hand count tabulation experiment. They counted 850 ballots with an average of 36 races per ballot. (30,600 contests). They estimated that it would cost the county an additional $1.14 million to hand count races in 2024 as opposed to machine county. But only if there are no recounts (there were recounts in 2022). If there are recounts, it will cost more. They had an error rate of 5.4%. The maximum allowable machine error rate for certified equipment is 0.00001%. They wrote that the large "Fairgrounds is the only suitable location in Kingman that is large enough to accommodate the number of people needed to perform the hand tally..." They estimate they would need approximately 330 additional temporary workers to hand count the ballots (doubling the size of their normal election operations). They "do not foresee that ... [an] equal number of people from the major political parties will volunteer" to work. They did not account for time and money that would be spent on data entry and quality assurance. The report is available here: resources.mohave.gov/Reposit… It is well done. Maricopa County will have over 2 million votes cast in the November 2024 election with approximately 80 races per ballot. This is one the dumbest ideas in politics currently.