Why Some Enfield Ballots Will Be Counted Again

ENFIELD, CT — Some Enfield ballots will be counted again as part of Connecticut’s routine post-election audit following the Nov. 3 election.

The Secretary of the State’s Office randomly selected 49 precincts Tuesday, including Enfield Town Hall’s central count for absentee ballots and same-day registration, according to the state’s Nov. 10 audit announcement.

Bipartisan local election officials will count voter-marked paper ballots again and compare the results with voting machines’ totals.

“We don't wait to hear about something going wrong before we go back and check our results,” Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas said in the announcement.

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State law requires audits of 5 percent of voting precincts. Connecticut used 973 precincts in the election, and the state also selected 17 alternates.

Officials must finish the audits and submit reports by Nov. 23. The University of Connecticut will independently analyze the reports, and its findings will be made public and filed with the State Elections Enforcement Commission.

Nearby selections include Windsor’s Rainbow Firehouse, East Windsor’s Town Hall Annex 1 and South Windsor’s Town Hall central count for absentee ballots and same-day registration.

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