12.12.09 Audit Results Show Accurate Election Day Machine Counts

SUSAN BYSIEWICZ SECRETARY OF THE STATE CONNECTICUT  For Immediate Release: For more information: December 12, 2008 Av Harris: (860) 509-6255 Cell: (860) 463-5939 - NEWS RELEASE - BYSIEWICZ: RESULTS OF 2008 POST ELECTION AUDIT SHOW ACCURATE EDAY MACHINE COUNTS HAND COUNT OF MACHINE TOTALS FOR THE BUSIEST ELECTION DAY IN CONNECTICUT HISTORY COMPLETE – NUMBERS TO BE ANALYZED BY UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT VOTING TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER HARTFORD: Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz announced today that post election audits conducted in 10% of all voting precincts in Connecticut have shown extremely accurate machine counts on Election Day November 4, 2008. An initial review of the audit results has been completed by the Office of the Secretary of State, and the results will now undergo a complete, independent analysis by the University of Connecticut’s Voting Technology Research Center under the direction of Dr. Alexander Shvartsman. th“We set a record in Connecticut on November 4 with 1.64 million people casting ballots and Election Day went remarkably smoothly,” said Secretary Bysiewicz. “The results of this audit indicate, once again, that the optical scan voting system is secure and extremely accurate. Connecticut voters can be confident in the integrity of our elections and that their votes were counted correctly. Still, I’m not asking anyone to simply take my word ...