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Cobb County elections office rescans 921 ballots after scanner port found unsealed; will add tamper-evident seals
Summary
Elections staff discovered a scanner port door with a seal in place but the door not latched, rescanned 921 ballots to confirm totals matched, and plans to add additional tamper-evident seals to all scanners used in upcoming elections.
Cobb County elections staff rescanned 921 ballots after discovering a scanner port door that “appeared to be open even though there was a seal that was on the side of the scanner, but it didn't appear that it had sealed that door shut,” Elections Director Paul told the Board of Elections during a precertification meeting. Staff ran the 921 ballots through the ICC to verify that the rescan produced the same totals as the original scanner tape.
The rescan confirmed the original tape totals, and the office will retain the ballot images and both the zero and closed tapes as evidence, Paul said. “We rescanned all, of the ballots. It was 921 ballots through the ICC to confirm that the results were the same as the scanner…
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