Darien Selected For Post-Election Audit

DARIEN, CT — Darien has been selected by the CT Secretary of the State to have its voting machine totals audited for District I for the Nov. 7, 2023, municipal election, pursuant to Public Act 07-194.

State law requires that 5 percent of all voting precincts, including central-count locations for absentee ballots, have their machine totals audited following any election or primary,the CT Secretary of State's website says.

There were 768 precincts used during the Nov. 7 election. In each municipality where there is an audit, the town clerk conducts a random drawing to select the offices on the ballot that will be subject to the audit.

Upon completion, the University of Connecticut and the Secretary of the State’s Office will analyze audit results, after which they will be made available to the public.

The audit will take place at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 165 Capitol Ave., in Hartford, in Audit Station 2 Conference Room E.

The electronic audit will be conducted using the "Audit Station" software developed with the VoTeR Lab at the University of Connecticut.

The offices on the ballot that will be subject to the audit will be determined by lottery on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, at 10 a.m. in the Darien Town Clerk’s office. A total of three offices from the November ballot will be selected.

Both the audit and the lottery are open to the public.