Boulder County results from June 30 Primary Election are official, the Elections Division announced in a news release Thursday.
A risk-limiting audit on the results was completed Saturday by elections staff and the appointed Audit Board, which comprised two Democratic Party and two Republican Party representatives, according to the release.
The audit is a post-election test that provides residents with “evidence that election results tabulated by our voting system reflect the actual votes cast by voters. The process reviews how a ballot’s votes were captured at the time it was processed by our voting system by comparing the actual physical ballots with their digital tallies captured at the time of processing,” the Elections Divison stated in the release.
The final official results include the statement of votes, which shows precinct-by-precinct results for each contest, according to the release. The statement of votes will be forwarded to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office as part of the election closeout process.
Elections staff also completed the reconciliation process, which “provides the evidence for the Canvass Board to certify that the number of votes counted is equal to or less than the number of ballots cast and that the number of ballots cast is equal to or less than the number of eligible voters,” according to the release.
This year’s Canvass Board consisted of Boulder County Clerk Molly Fitzpatrick, Democratic Party representatives Pat Feeser and Lynne McNamara and Republican Party representatives Emily Brake and Lynda Johnson.
During a Wednesday afternoon video conference, a majority of the Canvass Board members certified the election, according to the release. The two Republican Party members declined to sign the documentation, “citing the desire to have additional signature discrepancy reports produced and additional time to review reconciliation documentation,” the Elections Division stated.
Their decision not to sign does not impact the certification, according to the release.
A representative from the Secretary of State’s Office participating in Wednesday’s video meeting said, per Colorado law, their request for such reports was outside the scope and duty of their job on the Canvass Board, according to the release.
The canvass and audit documentation and the statement of votes are available here.
