Statement from Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas about the need for a discrepancy recount in Wallingford

During today’s election, the Town of Wallingford ran out of ballots and, following state contingency procedures, printed new ones. Because these ballots could not be run through the tabulators, we advised the town election officials that they segregate these ballots and count them by hand. We later learned that these ballots were fed into the tabulator instead.

We have been in touch with the Wallingford moderator to tell them that they should conduct a discrepancy recount. Under Connecticut law (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-311), election moderators have the authority to call for such a recount within three days after an election to investigate and resolve discrepancies in vote totals. For today’s election, that deadline is Friday.

This is exactly why Connecticut uses paper ballots. We don’t guess. We check. We’re committed to ensuring every ballot is counted fairly and accurately.

For more information, please contact:
Cindy Wolfe Boynton
Director of Communications
860-306-7190
Cindy.Boynton@CT.gov