1(1) 2Immediately following the certification of each election, the county canvassing board or the local board responsible for certifying the election shall conduct a manual audit or an automated, independent audit of the voting systems used in randomly selected precincts.
41(2)(a) 42A manual audit shall consist of a public manual tally of the votes cast in one randomly selected race that appears on the ballot. The tally sheet shall include election-day, vote-by-mail, early voting, provisional, and overseas ballots, in at least 1 percent but no more than 2 percent of the precincts chosen at random by the county canvassing board or the local board responsible for certifying the election. If 1 percent of the precincts is less than one entire precinct, the audit shall be conducted using at least one precinct chosen at random by the county canvassing board or the local board responsible for certifying the election. Such precincts shall be selected at a publicly noticed canvassing board meeting.
161(b) 162An automated audit shall consist of a public automated tally of the votes cast across every race that appears on the ballot. The tally sheet shall include election day, vote-by-mail, early voting, provisional, and overseas ballots in at least 20 percent of the precincts chosen at random by the county canvassing board or the local board responsible for certifying the election. Such precincts shall be selected at a publicly noticed canvassing board meeting.
235(c) 236The division shall adopt rules for approval of an independent audit system which provide that the system, at a minimum, must be:2581. 259Completely independent of the primary voting system.
2662. 267Fast enough to produce final audit results within the timeframe prescribed in subsection (4).
2813. 282Capable of demonstrating that the ballots of record have been accurately adjudicated by the audit system.
298(3) 299The canvassing board shall post a notice of the audit, including the date, time, and place, in four conspicuous places in the county and on the home page of the county supervisor of elections website.
334(4) 335The audit must be completed and the results made public no later than 11:59 p.m. on the 7th day following certification of the election by the county canvassing board or the local board responsible for certifying the election.
373(5) 374Within 15 days after completion of the audit, the county canvassing board or the board responsible for certifying the election shall provide a report with the results of the audit to the Department of State in a standard format as prescribed by the department. The report shall contain, but is not limited to, the following items:430(a) 431The overall accuracy of audit.
436(b) 437A description of any problems or discrepancies encountered.
445(c) 446The likely cause of such problems or discrepancies.
454(d) 455Recommended corrective action with respect to avoiding or mitigating such circumstances in future elections.
469(6) 470If a manual recount is undertaken pursuant to s. 479102.166, 480the canvassing board is not required to perform the audit provided for in this section. 
