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Canvass and machine-audit proceeds as commissioners reconcile precinct counts
Summary
County election staff and commissioners audited machine counts and absentee totals for the June primary, identified a page/discrepancy to recheck, reconciled multiple race totals aloud, and agreed to reconvene to verify a precinct's totals before finalizing the canvass.
County election staff led the commission through an audit of primary-election returns, reading machine and absentee counts for contested races and reconciling totals.
Staff and auditors read aloud precinct-by-precinct counts and compared machine totals with recorded ballots; one commissioner noted a discrepancy and asked to set the page aside for recheck. The tallying included audit checks for races from U.S. senator to state representative and machine-versus-hand counts for multiple precincts. As staff summarized, one board member said, "Precinct 2 is completed," while election staff agreed to recheck one set of pages flagged as possibly miscounted. The board delayed final certification of the audited pages until the recheck is complete.
The commission agreed to finish the remaining precinct canvass work and reconvene to verify the page in question before finalizing the audited totals. Provenance: topicintro SEG 1373; topic continued through SEG 2260.
