Georgia ballot audit finds 23 discrepancies out of more than 1.1 million ballots, Secretary of State says

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Thursday that a statewide ballot image audit of the June 16 runoff election confirmed the outcomes of all 91 contests that advanced to runoffs and found just 23 discrepancies among more than 1.1 million ballots cast.

According to the Secretary of State's Office, election officials audited all 1,111,856 ballot images from the runoff election. The audit detected 23 discrepancies, resulting in an overall accuracy rate of 99.9979%, officials said.

State officials said every discrepancy occurred on ballots that were marked by hand. By comparison, none of the 1,079,408 ballots cast using ballot-marking devices showed discrepancies during the audit. The office said machine-marked ballots were 100% accurate, while hand-marked ballots had an accuracy rate of 99.93%.

The ballot image audit was conducted separately from the state's previously announced risk-limiting audit. Officials said both audits confirmed the certified results of the June runoff election.





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