I have a question about ranked choice voting -- RCV-- (which has made me queasy for some time), and forgive my being ill-informed and possibly paranoid: How does RCV work in the case of hand recounts? It's easy enough (though laborious) to recount single votes, but having to tabulate 2nd or more choices adds complexity.

My paranoia comes from my deep distrust of electronic systems which can be hacked (look at how voting machines were stolen in AZ and I believe GA in 2020 by those pretending to be concerned with vote-rigging.) Hand recounts in both states proved the election wasn't stolen; would RCV complicate or muddy the data?