Pursuant to Public Act 07-194, mandatory post-election hand count audits are to be conducted by Registrars of voters in 5% of the voting districts randomly selected by the Secretary of State. Branford’s 6th District(Mary T. Murphy School) was selected in the lottery. These audits shall be open to public inspection. The primary purpose of the hand count audit is to assess how well the optical scan voting machines functioned in an actual election and to ensure that votes cast using these machines functioned accurately and properly. Please note this is not a recount. The audit tests whether the machines accurately counted ballots that were accurately marked. The audit will be performed on Thursday, November 21st at the Registrars of Voters Office located at 40 Kirkham St. (corner of Elm Street) at 10AM.
Darren Lawler
Jeff Rowan
Registrars of Voters
Town of Branford