Press Releases
11/16/2021
Municipal Election Results to be Audited at Selected Polling Locations
A manual count of ballots from five percent of all polling places to be matched against machine totals
HARTFORD – Deputy Secretary of the State Scott Bates randomly selected voting precincts to have results audited following the November 2nd election. Five percent of the polling precincts are subject to the audit, as prescribed by Connecticut General Statutes 9-320f. Those audited ballots will be matched against the vote totals from the optical scan machines. There were 673 polling locations that used optical scan machines on November 2nd, so the Deputy Secretary of the State chose thirty-four precincts and five alternates.
Secretary Merrill said, “Auditing election results is one of the strongest protections we have in place to ensure that the results of Connecticut’s elections accurately reflect the votes cast in that election. Our highest priority remains to conduct free and fair elections that count every vote. Thank you so much to the local election officials who continue to work hard to carry out this process in a transparent, professional manner.”
List of polling places to be audited:
• Central AB Counting Location – North Stonington
• Dunbar Hill School – Hamden
• Noroton Heights Fire Department – Darien
• Slade Middle School – New Britain
• Community Center – Prospect
• Town Office Building – Willington
• Middle School Gym – Newtown
• Brooker T Washington Academy – Hamden
• Central AB Counting Location – Derby
• Greene Hills School – Bristol
• Great Neck School – Waterford
• Turn Of River School – Stamford
• Bolton Center School – Bolton
• Northeast School – Bristol
• Wolcott High School – Wolcott
• Hartland School – Hartland
• Town Hall (Garfield Street Community Center Gym) – Newington
• Polk School – Watertown
• Thompson Public Library – Thompson
• Beecher School – New Haven
• Mansfield Fire Department - Mansfield
• Leisure Services Gym – Bloomfield
• Moser School – Rocky Hill
• Prospect Firehouse – Prospect
• Artsplace District 3 – Cheshire
• Lincoln-Bassett School – New Haven
• Abraham Baldwin School – Guilford
• Linden Street School – Plainville
• Weston Middle School – Weston
• Firehouse Ellsworth – New Haven
• Lawrence School – Middletown
• Coleytown Middle School – Westport
• Community Room Town Hall – Thompson
• Swift Middle School – Watertown
Alternates:
• John Wallace Middle School – Newington
• Sayles School – Sprague
• Southbury Community Center District 3 – Southbury
• Crosby High School – Waterbury
• Central AB Counting Location – West Hartford
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