(Estherville)--Four citizens from Emmet County met last Thursday in Estherville to conduct a post-election audit of the votes cast in the Wallingford Precinct during the November 3rd General Election.
Two days earlier, the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office randomly selected one precinct from each county in the state to be the subject of the audit. The audit team hand counted the votes cast for the office of U. S. Senator and Treasurer of State. The team’s hand counted results were then compared to those reported by the ballot tabulator results tape generated by the Wallingford ballot scanner.
Emmet County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Heidi M. Goebel reported that the results matched exactly, and stated that this is the outcome all voters and election officials should expect, and should strengthen the confidence Emmet County voters have in the integrity of the election process. Extensive testing of the ballot tabulators is conducted by the Auditor’s Office in advance of every election to assure that the tabulators are accurately recording the votes from the paper ballots.
