This is a question in the news as several of the Primary elections held last week have been disputable.
In Windsor, as of yesterday,
ONE VOTE made the difference.
Here is the link to CT News Junkie's report on the last of several recounts in that District. And
here is the link to New Haven Independent's story on the tight race in the 116th district.
After every election since September of 2008 I have served as a volunteer with the Connecticut Citizen Election Audit Coalition's observing of the Election Audits.I have observed something like 8 or more Audits.
What happens is this: The Secretary of the State randomly selects 10% of the elections held so that the machines and the ballot count can be verified. In the upcoming Audit this will be for votes placed on August 14th. On a designated day the Registrars and their staff (and helpers) run an Audit of ballots processed through the voting machines.
Citizen Observers are there to assist in the ongoing effort to ensure the integrity of the vote and create statewide procedures.
It is easy and (call me a nerd, I dare you!) it is fun.
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Connecticut Voters
Want to Know
You can help
provide answers!
Investment? One Day
Value to Democracy? Priceless
The Connecticut Citizen Election Audit Coalition (League of Women
Voters of Connecticut, Common Cause, Connecticut Citizen Action Group,
and CTVotersCount.org) organizes citizen volunteers to observe the
Connecticut Post-Election Audits.
- Is the chain-of-custody followed? How are the votes tallied?
- Can we have confidence in our optical scanners?
- Can we have confidence that the intent of the voters was reflected in the election result?
Here is your chance to make a difference!!!
To fully cover the post-election audits, we need more observers in every region of Connecticut.
You are invited to become part of our non-partisan observer corps for
the upcoming primary and election. The Coalition will provide observer
materials and one hour of training via conference call. Citizens
observers will donate up to one full day observing and reporting during
the audit period following the election or primary.
Without our volunteer observers and you, nobody but a small number of local election officials would know what happens in post-election audits.
