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Hartford, CT—In preparation for the November 4, 2008 General Election and to ensure Connecticut’s optical scan voting machines are working accurately, Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz has ordered the primary results of one-third (1/3) of the voting precincts used on August 12, 2008 to be audited. Sec. Bysiewicz was joined by voting rights advocates and elections officials from across Connecticut at a news conference at the State Capitol on Tuesday August 19th to randomly select the voting precincts which will have election results audited – as required by Public Act 07-194, An Act Concerning the Integrity and Security of the Voting Process. The audits can begin no sooner than August 27, 2008 and must be completed by September 10, 2008 “Auditing election results isn’t just a good idea, it’s absolutely essential in order to guarantee the integrity of our elections,” said Secretary Bysiewicz. “As Connecticut prepares for perhaps its highest turnout election in a generation, it is important voters have faith that their vote will be recorded accurately and that’s why the independent audits are so vital.” In total, audits will be conducted in eighty-two precincts. Audits will be conducted in: Town Precinct Name Avon Roaring Brook School Barkhamsted Barkhamsted Elementary School Bethel Frank A. Berry School - 5 Bridgeport John F. Kennedy Campus 124-1 Bridgeport St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church Hall 124-5 Bridgeport Thomas Hooker School 126-2 Bridgeport Wilbur Cross School 126-4 Bridgeport Blackham School 127-2 Bridgeport Luis Munoz Marin School 128-1 Colebrook Colebrook Town Hall Danbury Shelter Rock School Gym - Ward 4 Danbury War Memorial Gym - Ward 5 Danbury Park Avenue School Gym - Ward 6 Danbury Mill Ridge Intermediate School - Ward 7 Darien District 1 / Ox Ridge School Darien District 2 / Town Hall Darien District 4 / Hindley School Fairfield Saint Pius X School Dist. 2 Glastonbury District 1 - Smith Middle School Greenwich Julian Curtiss School Dist. 1 Greenwich Western Middle School Dist. 3 Greenwich Greenwich High School Dist. 7 Greenwich Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Cnt. Dist. 9 Hartford Mark Twain School Hartford United Methodist Church Hartford Parkville Community School Hartford Burns School Hartford Batchelder School District 11 Hartford Campfield Public Library Hartford Ramon Betances School Hartford Hartford Public Library (Central Library) Hartford Sands Elementary School (Library) Hartland Hartland Town Hall Manchester Martin School Monroe Fawn Hollow School Monroe Stepney Elementary School New Canaan New Canaan High School Dist. 1 & 2 New Hartford New Hartford Town Hall New Hartford South End Firehouse New Haven Hall Of Records 02 Ward 7-02 Norwalk St. Mary's Community Hall - Voting District 137B Norwalk Tracey School - Voting District 137C Norwalk Fox Run School - Voting District 142B Norwalk Wolfpit School Voting Distrcit 143B Old Saybrook Old Saybrook Middle School, District 1 Ridgefield East Ridge Middle School Ridgefield Scotts Ridge Middle School Ridgefield Yanity Gym Shelton Elizabeth Shelton School Ward 1 Shelton Mohegan School Shelton Shelton Community Center Sherman The Sherman School Simsbury Latimer Lane School Simsbury Tootin Hill School Simsbury Henry James Memorial School Main Gym Southington William Strong Elementary School Stamford St. Clements Church Hall Stamford Yerwood Center Stamford Westover School Stamford K T Murphy School Stamford Stamford High School (Rear) Stamford Stillmeadow School Stamford First Presbyterian Church Stamford Rippowam Center Stamford Roxbury School Stamford Scofield Middle School Torrington Torringford School 1 Torrington Vogel-Wetmore School Trumbull Hillcrest School Dist. 1 Waterbury Saint Peter And Paul School Gym 16 West Haven Washington School Voting District 1 West Haven Thompson School Voting District 3 West Haven Forest School Voting District 6 West Haven Ann V. Molloy School Voting District 7 West Haven Mackrille School Voting District 8 West Haven Pagels School Voting District 10 West Haven Carrigan Middle School District 12 Weston Weston Middle School - 28 Westport Greens Farms Elementary School 133-1 Westport Long Lots Elementary School 136-3 Wilton Wilton High School - District 1 Windham Windham Center Fire Dept The law requires a hand audit 10% of all polling places in all elections and primaries. (Polling precincts which are already part of a recount are exempt from audits by statute). The provisions in the law, developed in close cooperation with the computer science department at the University of Connecticut, give Connecticut one of the strictest audit statutes in the country. Connecticut is the first state in New England to require a comprehensive audit of election results. Public Act 07-194 states that local Registrars of Voters, “… shall conduct a manual audit of the votes recorded in not less than ten per cent of the voting districts in the state, district or municipality, whichever is applicable. Such manual audit shall be noticed in advance and be open to public observation.” The results of audits will be analyzed by the University of Connecticut and then presented to the Secretary of the State’s Office and the State Elections Enforcement Commission, and ultimately made available to the public. The law contains a detailed description of the audit process: “The manual audit… shall consist of the manual tabulation of the paper ballots cast and counted by each voting machine subject to such audit. Once complete, the vote totals established pursuant to the manual tabulation shall be compared to the results reported by the voting machine on the day of the election or primary. The results of the manual tabulation shall be reported on a form prescribed by the Secretary of the State which shall include the total number of ballots counted, the total votes received by each candidate in question, the total votes received by each candidate in question on ballots that were properly completed by each voter and the total votes received by each candidate in question on ballots that were not properly completed by each voter. Such report shall be filed with the Secretary of the State who shall immediately forward such report to The University of Connecticut for analysis. The University of Connecticut shall file a written report with the Secretary of the State regarding such analysis that describes any discrepancies identified. After receipt of such report, the Secretary of the State shall file such report with the State Elections Enforcement Commission.” CONNECTICUT VOTER REGISTRATION BY PARTY (As of 7/25/08) Party Count A Better Future 3 A Connecticut Party 51 A Sentinel Party 35 Concerned Citizens 265 Connecticut For Lieberman 47 Democratic 707,885 Enfield Taxpayers Party 2 Friends Of Saybrook 20 Green 1772 Independence 1027 Independence For Montville 11 Independent 1828 Libertarian 821 Norwich for Change 1 Orange Taxpayers 8 Pro-Bethel 5 Reform 86 Republican 408,376 Swing 2 Unaffiliated 801,002 Waterford Independent 1 Winsted Independent 2 Working Families 14 Working Families Party 1 © Copyright by NorwalkPlus.com. Some articles and pictures posted on our website, as indicated by their bylines, were submitted as press releases and do not necessarily reflect the position and opinion of NorwalkPlus.com, Norwalk Plus magazine, Canaiden LLC or any of its associated entities. 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