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11/17/2022

Audit: 2022 General Election Results at Selected Polling Locations

A hand count of ballots from five percent of all polling places that use optical scan machines will be matched against the machine totals to confirm the integrity of the vote

(HARTFORD, CT) – Today, Secretary of the State Mark Kohler randomly selected 38 voting precincts from the November 8, 2022, general election to have their machine totals audited.

There were also 15 alternate precincts chosen in case the primary chosen precincts cannot be audited for any reason.

“An audit affirming the integrity of the vote post-election is as critical to the process as voting itself,” Secretary Kohler said. “I want to add that I am beyond pleased with the local election officials who worked diligently to ensure the election was managed in a fair, and transparent manner.”

State law mandates that five percent of all voting precincts have their machine totals audited following any election or primary. There were 744 voting precincts used during the election held on Tuesday November 8, 2022. Once the municipalities and corresponding districts are identified by a lottery conducted by the Secretary of the State, the offices on the ballot that will be subject to the audit will also be chosen.

The University of Connecticut, The Secretary of the State’s Office, and the State Elections Enforcement Commission will analyze the audits. They will then be made available to the public.

Connecticut proudly boasts one of the strictest audit statutes in the country and was first the first state in New England to require a comprehensive audit of primary results.

List of races to be audited:

Comptroller, State Senate, Treasurer

List of polling places to be audited:

East Hartford –Hockanum School
Cheshire – District 3-2 Artsplace
Waterbury – Kennedy High School
Norwalk – Tracey Elementary – 137C
Rocky Hill – Griswold Middle School
Danbury – War Memorial
Meriden – Israel Putnam School
New Haven – Truman School – Gym
Manchester – Highland Park School
Norwalk – Marvin Elementary School – 137A
Lebanon – The Fire Safety Complex – District 2 Republican
Stratford – Wilcoxson School 7TH -Dem
Enfield – Enfield Street School
Guilford – Guilford Fire Quarters
Milford – John F. Kennedy School
East Hartford –Goodwin School
Ledyard – Juliet Long School
Bristol – West Bristol School
New Britain – St. John Paul II School
Killingly – Board of Education Central Office
Montville – District 3
Killingly– Killingly High School
West Haven – Seth Haley School
New Haven – Wexler Grant School– Cafeteria
Harwinton – Assembly Hall
Hartford – Mary Shepard Community Room
Greenwich – Parkway School
Stonington – District 2 – Former Pawcatuck Middle School
Southington – Hatton School
Scotland – Scotland Volunteer Community Hall
Wolcott – Wakelee Elementary School
Greenwich – Parkway School
Naugatuck – Cross Street School – Ward 1, District, 1
Norwalk – Kendall Elementary School – 140A
Hartford – A. Burr Middle School
New Britain – Generale Ameglio Hall
Putnam – Municipal Complex – Town Hall
Stratford – Wooster Middle School 6TH – Dem

Alternates:

Waterbury – Chase School
West Haven – Savin Rock School
Shelton – Elizabeth Shelton School
Woodbridge – Center Gym (D)
Greenwich – New Lebanon School
Wilton – Wilton Town Hall
Ansonia – Ansonia Middle School – Gym
Granby– Granby Town Hall – Meeting Room
Avon– Avon High School
Southbury – Firehouse
New Haven – Ross/Woodward School – Gym
Warren – Town Hall
Colchester – Town Hall
Hamden – Booker T. Washington Academy
West Hartford – Charter Oak International Academy – Cafeteria

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