(Shelby Co.) Shelby County Auditor and Elections Commissioner Mark Maxwell said Shelby County held the required Post Election Audit this (Thursday) morning.
The Iowa Secretary of State’s office randomly picks a precinct/vote tabulator to visually inspect all ballots in that precinct or vote tabulator in the instance of combined precincts; Harlan precincts 1 & 2 were chosen. Harlan Precincts 1 & 2 were combined at the Special election so the audit included one of the five vote tabulators used for vote tabulation and was audited to check for accuracy. Also, two of the Shelby County precincts involved in this special election were hand counted at this Audit.
All machine result matched perfectly with the hand counted audit results.
Maxwell said, “It is always a very anxious time for my office when the Post Election Audit takes place. Again, at this election no errors in counting by the machines were found. All the hand count numbers tabulated (yes and no votes in this instance) at the audit matched perfectly with the machine count tabulated on election day. The number of ballots in the ballot bag counted at the audit matched the ballot count from the machine and from the Precinct election staff at the polls.”
