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Boulder County Elections Division to conduct primary audit, public can view remotely

“The risk-limiting audit is a test that helps ensure the accuracy of election results and provides the public with evidence that election outcomes reflect the votes cast by voters on their ballots,” the Elections Division stated in a Thursday news release.
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The Boulder County Elections Division will hold its primary election risk-limiting audit this weekend and the public is invited to remotely view the process. 

“The risk-limiting audit is a test that helps ensure the accuracy of election results and provides the public with evidence that election outcomes reflect the votes cast by voters on their ballots,” the Elections Division stated in a Thursday news release. “To ensure tabulation was accurate, the process reviews how a ballot’s votes were captured at the time it was processed by comparing a sample of paper ballots with digital tallies.”

The schedule for the audit is as follows:

Friday — noon to 6:30 p.m., ballot pull

Saturday — 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 (or until done), Audit Board kickoff, risk-limiting audit

Tuesday — 1:30 p.m., Canvass Board remote meeting for final presentation and signoff of election; contact Elections Division for remote meeting information. Note: The date is dependent on approval from the Secretary of State’s Office once the statewide risk-limiting audit is complete.

To receive remote access information (video only), RSVP to [email protected] or by calling 303-413-7740 

“While Boulder County and all Colorado counties have conducted post-election audits since 2005, a risk-limiting audit is considered the ‘gold standard’ test of election results,” the Elections Division stated in the release. “Colorado has been conducting risk-limiting audits since 2017 and was the first state in the nation to conduct a statewide version.”

The Elections Division expects to post complete and official election results and related documentation no later than July 22. Complete risk-limiting audit details and data will be available on the Secretary of State’s Audit Center after the audit is complete.