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State audit finds minor voter checklist errors after 2022 redistricting; office recommends post-redistricting clerk audits
Summary
Deputy Secretary of State Lauren Hibbert told the Government Operations & Military Affairs committee that a multi-district audit under Act 70 found three categories of issues — operational redistricting errors, legacy data problems affecting 68 voters across 12 towns, and one isolated household move — and recommended clerk-led post-redistricting audits and continued use of a new election management system.
At a Government Operations & Military Affairs committee meeting, Deputy Secretary of State Lauren Hibbert presented a multi-district audit ordered under Act 70 and told members the report identified three categories of problems with voter checklists following the 2022 redistricting.
"This audit found 3 categories of issues," Hibbert said, and she told the committee the office had filed the requested report and would post it to the committee website. "All 24 of them complied with the requirement, and all but 1 did so within the legislative deadline," she added, crediting town clerks and BCAs for their work compiling the audits.
The largest category, which the office characterized as the most consequential for future improvements, involved "minor errors in operationalizing the 2022 redistricting process," Hibbert said.…
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