diff --git a/app/models/poll.rb b/app/models/poll.rb
index c572a4765..41d4a9ab9 100644
--- a/app/models/poll.rb
+++ b/app/models/poll.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class Poll < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :current,  -> { where('starts_at <= ? and ? <= ends_at', Date.current.beginning_of_day, Date.current.beginning_of_day) }
   scope :incoming, -> { where('? < starts_at', Date.current.beginning_of_day) }
   scope :expired,  -> { where('ends_at < ?', Date.current.beginning_of_day) }
+  scope :recounting, -> { Poll.where(ends_at: (Date.current.beginning_of_day - RECOUNT_DURATION)..Date.current.beginning_of_day) }
   scope :published, -> { where('published = ?', true) }
   scope :by_geozone_id, ->(geozone_id) { where(geozones: {id: geozone_id}.joins(:geozones)) }
 
diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
index 69aa92c62..b1c5ff329 100644
--- a/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -489,6 +489,11 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
       ends_at { 15.days.ago }
     end
 
+    trait :recounting do
+      starts_at { 1.month.ago }
+      ends_at { Date.current }
+    end
+
     trait :published do
       published true
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/poll/poll_spec.rb b/spec/models/poll/poll_spec.rb
index 5083d7439..dba964928 100644
--- a/spec/models/poll/poll_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/poll/poll_spec.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,22 @@ describe :poll do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#recounting" do
+    it "returns polls in recount & scrutiny phase" do
+      current = create(:poll, :current)
+      incoming = create(:poll, :incoming)
+      expired = create(:poll, :expired)
+      recounting = create(:poll, :recounting)
+
+      recounting_polls = Poll.recounting
+
+      expect(recounting_polls).to_not include(current)
+      expect(recounting_polls).to_not include(incoming)
+      expect(recounting_polls).to_not include(expired)
+      expect(recounting_polls).to include(recounting)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "answerable_by" do
     let(:geozone) {create(:geozone) }