Press Releases
11/14/2018
Election Results to be Audited from Selected Polling Locations
A manual count of ballots from five percent of all polling places to be matched against machine totals
HARTFORD – Secretary of the State Denise Merrill was joined by students from Kingswood Oxford School to randomly select voting precincts to have results audited following the November 6 election. Five percent of polling places are subject to the audit, as prescribed by Connecticut General Statutes 9-320f. Those manually counted ballots will be matched against vote totals from optical scan machines.
“A manual audit of selected polling places is one of the strongest protections we have in place to ensure that the integrity of Connecticut’s elections is protected,” said Merrill. “In the era of foreign governments attempting to attack voters’ faith in our elections, we are working hard to make sure that every Connecticut voter knows that our elections remain secure. Our highest priority remains conducting free and fair elections that count every vote.”
The Office of the Secretary of the State is required by state and federal law to certify the vote totals on November 28, 2018 and audits must be complete no later than November 27, 2018. The offices required to be audited are: State Senate, State Representative, and Judge of Probate.
List of polling places to be audited:
Barkhamsted |
Barkhamsted Elementary School |
Berlin |
Willard School |
Bridgeport |
Beardsley School |
Bridgeport |
Geraldine Johnson School |
Bridgeport |
Black Rock School |
Bridgeport |
Bassick High School |
Bridgeport |
John F. Kennedy Campus |
Bridgeport |
John Winthrop School |
Bridgeport |
Wilbur Cross School |
Bridgeport |
Read Middle School |
Bristol |
Chippens Hill Middle School |
Burlington |
Town Hall |
Colchester |
Assembly Of God Hall |
East Granby |
East Granby Community Center-1 |
East Hartford |
Hockanum School |
Glastonbury |
District 4 - Gideon Welles School |
Hartford |
Liberty Christian Center-Formerly Horace Bushnell |
Hartford |
Y W C A |
Harwinton |
Assembly Hall |
Meriden |
St. Rose Community Center |
New Britain |
Diloreto School |
New Haven |
Nathan Hale School |
North Haven |
Clintonville Elementary School |
North Haven |
Ridge Road Elementary School |
Preston |
Town Hall |
Ridgefield |
East Ridge Middle School - 1 |
Salem |
Salem Town Office Building |
South Windsor |
Philip R. Smith School-Gym |
Southington |
Derynoski School |
Stamford |
Dolan Middle School |
Stratford |
Lordship Elementary School 121 21 |
Stratford |
Nichols School 121 21 |
Thomaston |
Lena Morton Art Gallery |
Torrington |
Torringford School 1 |
Vernon |
Vernon Center Middle School |
Weston |
Weston Middle School - 26 |
Westport |
Saugatuck Elementary School Gym |
Willington |
The Town Office Building |
Alternates:
New Britain |
Gaffney School |
Branford |
Mary T. Murphy School |
New Fairfield |
Meeting House Hill School |
Wilton |
Cider Mill School - District 2 |
Southbury |
Southbury Public Library District #2 |
Killingly |
Killingly High School |
Scotland |
Firehouse/community Center |
Branford |
Orchard House |
Avon |
Avon High School - Gymnasium |
Wilton |
Middlebrook School - District 3 |
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