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Summary, from the Press Release and Report:
Coalition Finds Unsatisfactory Improvement
In Election Audits Across The State
Citizen observation and analysis show the need for more attention to detail by officials, improvement in counting methods, and ballot chain-of-custody
The Coalition noted significant differences between results reported by optical scanners and the hand count of ballots by election officials across Connecticut. Compared to previous audits, the Coalition noted small incremental improvements in the attention to detail, following procedures, and in the chain-of-custody.
Coalition spokesperson Luther Weeks noted, “We acknowledge some improvement, yet there is still a long way to go to provide confidence in our election system that the voters of Connecticut deserve.”
From the report:
In this report, we conclude that the November post-election audits still do not inspire confidence because of the continued lack of
- standards for determining need for further investigation of discrepancies,
- detailed guidance for counting procedures, and
- consistency, reliability, and transparency in the conduct of the audit. .
We find no reason to attribute all errors to either humans or machines.
Cheryl Dunson, League of Women Voters of Connecticut’s Vice President of Public Issues, stated, “We continue to support our past recommendations to the Secretary of the State and the Legislature for improvement in the post-election audit laws, counting procedures, and chain-of-custody.”
Tom Swan, Executive Director, Connecticut Citizen Action Group, said, “Among our greatest concerns are the discrepancies between machine counts and hand-counts reported to the Secretary of the State by municipalities When differences are dismissed as human counting errors, it is unlikely that an audit would identify an election error or fraud should that occur”
Cheri Quickmire, Executive Director, Connecticut Common Cause said “There needs to be training and accountability. Election officials need to be familiar with the procedures, follow the procedures, and the procedures must be enforceable.”
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