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Weston County post‑election review prompts calls for clearer audit and hand‑count rules
Summary
The Secretary of State described irregular results in Weston County that were later confirmed by a hand examination; lawmakers and public commenters pressed for clearer statutory audit procedures, vendor transparency and the ability to conduct hand counts in defined circumstances.
The secretary’s office and county clerks described developments tied to a contested set of results in Weston County, and the episode drew renewed calls from legislators and the public for clearer auditing rules and statutory authority to conduct hand counts in specified circumstances.
The Secretary of State told the committee that the office received results on election night that did not appear credible—an unusually high undervote in a race with an unopposed candidate—and that attempts to reach the county clerk that night were difficult. The office and county officials then coordinated a review the next day; the secretary said a former draft ballot had been used in some locations, creating a ballot alignment error that produced incorrect tallies in at least two contests. A subsequent hand…
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