Raffensperger: Runoff election audit shows errors came from hand-marked ballots

Georgia audit shows all errors were from hand-mark ballots, Raffensperger says

Audited machine marked ballots from Georgia’s primary elections were 100% accurate, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Friday.

Audit shows errors in Georgia primary came from hand-marked ballots

Every ballot error from the June 16 primary came from a hand-marked one, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Thursday. The ballot image audit shows an accuracy rate of 99.93% for hand-marked ballots and 100% for machine-marked ballots. “Human beings make human errors and the likelihood of a discrepancy between voter intent and what’s...

Georgia election officials launch probe, release audit, fine group

Georgia election officials are investigating questionable voter registration mailers, touting the accuracy of last month's runoff election and penalizing a lobbying group over campaign finance violations.

Raffensperger: Runoff election audit shows errors came from hand-marked ballots

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced July 9 that results from an audit of the June 16 runoff showed errors came exclusively from hand-marked ballots. The results came from a ballot image audit that Raffensperger said “demonstrated the inherent risk in relying on hand-marked ballots for secure elections.” “Human beings make human errors,” Raffensperger said in a statement, “and the likelihood of a discrepancy between voter inte…

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says election audit found errors only in hand-marked ballots

On Thursday, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger released results from a risk-limiting audit of the June 16 runoff, which he says showed the flaws of hand-marked paper ballots.