The Northampton County Elections Office conducted two types of post-election audits on Friday, November 24, 2023.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania law requires counties to perform a 2% statistical sample audit. The statistical recount is a random sample of at least 2%\u00a0of the ballots cast or 2,000 ballots, whichever number is fewer. The recount is conducted using manual, mechanical, or electronic devices of a type different than those used for the specific election.<\/p>\n
The Northampton County Elections Office randomly selects five precincts within each four county council districts to meet the 2%. The final precincts that were selected are Allen Township South, Lower Saucon Township 1, Palmer Eastern, and Lower Mount Bethel Township Upper.<\/p>\n
The ballots were run through the DS950 scanner again to make sure the results matched the initial count.<\/p>\n
The Department of State also selected Northampton County at random to participate in a Risk-Limiting Audit (RLA) for the Justice of the Superior Court race.<\/p>\n
The Department of State randomly selects counties to participate in the post-election RLA, and also randomly selects the statewide race for the RLA. Northampton County was randomly selected on Friday, November 17th.<\/p>\n
The RLA is a procedure that uses\u00a0statistical methods to confirm election outcomes and to detect possible interference. RLAs examine a random sample of paper ballots, comparing the votes on paper to the totals reported by the vote-counting machines to ensure that the reported outcome of the contest being audited is correct.<\/p>\n
The Department of State selects the random batch of ballots for the RLA. The batch of mail-in ballots was run through the DS450 and counted by hand tally for the four candidates for Justice of the Superior Court race.<\/p>\n
The November 24th audits were open to the public and media.<\/p>\n
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\nBrittney Waylen
\nDeputy Director of Administration & Public Information Officer
\nCounty of Northampton
\n669 Washington Street
\nEaston, PA 18042
\nhttps:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n
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