Friday, November 21, 2008
HAND COUNT PROVES ACCURACY OF VOTE TALLY MACHINE
On Thursday, Nov. 20, the Election Department conducted the hand count mandated by the Secretary of State’s office. A new Oregon law mandates that every county elections office perform an administrative recount, by hand, of three randomly chosen precincts, as well as three races also chosen at random during federal elections.
Precinct 26 was randomly selected by the state as the precinct to count. State measure 57, the Presidential race and Attorney General race were selected as the races to hand count.
After comparing the results of the hand count to the final results of the vote tally machine, it was shown there was no difference between the totals.
“I think this process is a great way to show Clatsop County residents that our vote tally machine is extremely accurate and something they can depend upon,” says County Clerk Cathie Garber.
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