Marshall County Auditor/Recorder office announce they will be conducting a Post Election Audit today at 9am at the Marshall County Election Center.  A Post Election Audit checks that the equipment and procedures used to count votes during an election worked properly. The audit also detects discrepancies using a hand count of paper records to ensure the election yielded the correct outcome.

Typically, only a sample of the paper records are examined, so in effect a post-election audit is a partial recount of results to verify that the voting system is accurately recording and counting votes. Although post-election audits can lead to a full recount if errors are detected, they differ from a recount in that they are conducted regardless of the margins of victory.

Zach Tomesch, News Director KFJB