Overview
The State Board of Elections will randomly select precincts, early voting sites, and absentee-by-mail ballots to be counted by hand in each county with a municipal election. The public is invited to attend the random drawing in the Board Room at the State Board of Elections. The event will also be broadcast at a Microsoft Teams meeting.
Meeting Link: Join meeting (microsoft.com)
The sample audit count is required by statute and helps ensure the reliability of election results tabulated by a machine. The audit is a comparison of the machine counts with hand-to-eye counts completed as a test to ensure voting equipment read the voter's choices accurately. The State Board of Elections office conducts a series of additional post-election audits and investigations, where necessary, to ensure the integrity of the results.
For more information on election security and audits, visit Post-Election Procedures and Audits.