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Status of Audit Legislation:
Signed into law 2007
Link to Text of Legislation:
Sampling Method:
10% of districts publicly randomly selected by the Secretary of State, 3 or 20% of races selected (not public) by selected municipal clerks (except if Governor on ballot, the Secretary of State selects races)
Trigger:
Discrepancies shall be investigated by the Secretary of State at his/her discretion
Oversight:
Secretary of State
Who Conducts the Audit?:
Local Registrars of Voters
Location of Random Selection:
Secretary of State's office when the Governor is on the ballot. Otherwise local races are chosen by municipalities.
Types of Voting Machines in Use:
Diebold accuvote and OS Optical Scan
For more detailed information, see Verified Voting's website:
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/map.php?&topic_string=5std&year=2008&state=Connecticut
Races that are Audited:
In all races where the Governor is not on the ballot, the Municipal Clerk selects 3 or 20% of races to be audited in the selected districts in their municipality.
Voting Units that are Audited:
Districts
Timeline for Audit:
No earlier than 15 days after the election, end time varies.
Completed Before Certification?:
Yes. Except the law also specifies a date before which the audits must not start. In the Nov 06 election the certification was before the date the audits could start. Also some towns actually swear in their candidates before even the a recount must be complete.
Absentees, Provisionals and Early Voting:
Currently CT does not include ballots that are counted centrally.
Is the Audit Publicly Observable?:
Yes
Local Contact Person:
Luther Weeks