Audit? Canvas? What do all these election terms mean?

Published November 10, 2020 11:30am ET



The legal battle President Trump’s reelection campaign is waging to contest the results in multiple states that appear to have swung the Electoral College majority to Democratic challenger Joe Biden has put some unfamiliar election-related jargon in the news.

Audits, recounts, canvassing — what does it all mean?

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