49 Connecticut voting precincts selected for post-election audits
The Secretary of the State's Office says the routine post-election audits are designed to ensure votes were counted accurately.
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Connecticut election officials will re-tabulate paper ballots at 49 randomly selected precincts to verify machine vote totals from the Nov. 3 general election.
The Secretary of the State's Office says the routine post-election audits are designed to ensure votes were counted accurately.
State law requires audits of 5% of voting precincts. Connecticut used 973 precincts during the general election, and 17 alternate precincts were also selected.
Bipartisan local election officials at the selected locations will re-tabulate voter-marked paper ballots and compare the results with totals reported by voting machines on Election Day.
“We don't wait to hear about something going wrong before we go back and check our results,” Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas said. “Now we're at the paper and proof stage: going back to our paper ballots and checking whether the machines counted them accurately.”
Officials must complete the audits by Nov. 23 and submit reports to the Secretary of the State's Office.
The results will then go to the University of Connecticut for independent analysis. UConn's findings will be returned to the Secretary's Office, filed with the State Elections Enforcement Commission and made public.
Here are the lists of polling places:
