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Registrar defends reconciliation method; advocates present independent audit claiming larger discrepancy
Summary
The Registrar of Voters told supervisors the November special election showed a 103‑ballot variance using the county’s reconciled 'good ballot' method, while independent auditors presented paper‑based tallies alleging a much larger discrepancy; the board asked ROV and auditors to meet for detailed reconciliation.
Riverside County’s Registrar of Voters briefed the Board of Supervisors on the office’s methodology for reconciling ballots and tabulation ahead of the June election, drawing a sharp public response from independent auditors and election‑integrity advocates.
Registrar staff described a two‑system reconciliation process: the Election Information Management System (EIMS) tracks envelopes and records ballots that have been signature‑verified as "good;" the Liberty Vote system (the county’s tabulation/scanning system) then scans and tabulates the physical ballots. Using that approach, the Registrar said, the November statewide special election had a variance of 103 ballots between ballots cast and ballots counted — well within…
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