(Des Moines) Secretary of State Paul Pate has announced that post-election audits have been successfully completed in all 99 counties. Once again, the post-election audits matched the machine count 100% in all counties.
On the Wednesday following Election Day, the post-election audits process was initiated in each of Iowa’s 99 counties to ensure the integrity of the vote. One randomly chosen precinct in each county conducted a hand count of ballots. Totals are then compared to the machine count to verify its accuracy.
Machines in each county also undergo public pre-election testing. Prior to each election, pre-testing of election equipment is open to the public, and representatives of each political party are also invited to attend.
Iowa integrates multiple layers of election security: paper ballots, local poll workers and election officials, pre-testing of voting machines, cybersecure voting machines and protective measures, and, of course, post-election audits.
