Board receives ROV certification after public calls for election audit
Public commenters urged the board to pause certification and provide ballot statements for audits; county counsel advised the board it has a ministerial duty to receive and file the Registrar of Voters' certification, and the board supported the recommendation to receive and file.
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Public speakers at the Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting on Dec. 9 urged the board to delay certification of election results and to grant volunteers access to ballot statements and other tabulation materials so they could perform independent audits. Multiple members of the public, including Greg Langworthy and Veronica Langworthy, alleged discrepancies in past elections and said they had not received the documentation they needed to complete audits; specific figures were cited during public comments (e.g., claims of 33,888 and 2,015 excess votes in cited contests).
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