§ 168.861Postcertification recounts; administrative process; denial of petitions for

investigation or audit; liberal construction of chapter; "precinct" defined.
 Sec. 861.
    (1) A board of canvassers is authorized to conduct postcertification recounts of election
 results under procedures described in this chapter, and all recounts in this state must be
 conducted under the procedures described in this chapter.
    (2) A recount conducted under this chapter by a board of canvassers is an administrative
 process limited to determining the number of votes cast on ballots for each candidate seeking a
 particular office or determining the number of votes cast for or against a ballot question.
    (3) A recount is not an investigation or an audit of the conduct of an election, and a recount
 does not assess the qualifications of electors participating in an election or the manner in
 which ballots are applied for or issued to electors. If a board of canvassers receives a petition
 to conduct an investigation or an audit of the conduct of an election, a petition to assess the
 qualifications of electors participating in an election or the manner in which ballots are applied
 for or issued to electors, or a petition to do anything other than conduct a recount as described
 in subsection (2), the board of canvassers must deny that petition.
    (4) This chapter shall be liberally construed to achieve the purpose of fair, impartial,
 uniform, and expeditious recounts in this state.
    (5) As used in this chapter, "precinct" means any of the following:
    (a) An election day precinct.
    (b) A precinct at an absent voter counting board.
    (c) A precinct at an early voting site.