Forsyth County will conduct a visual ballot audit
A digital voting machine demonstration in Raleigh. An upcoming hand-to-eye audit of Forsyth County ballots will measure the accuracy of machines used this year on Election Day. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)
Forsyth County officials are set to conduct a hand-to-eye audit of the ballots cast in this year’s election in an effort to measure the reliability of the machine count. Election officials say this helps ensure the voting equipment accurately read the choices made by voters.
The Forsyth County Board of Elections has randomly selected Election Day ballots from votes cast at Old Town Elementary School in Winton-Salem and Rural Hall Elementary School.
The audit stems from a state statute that requires the voting sites selected “shall be one or more full precincts, full counts of mailed absentee ballots, full counts of one or more one-stop early voting sites, or a combination.”
The hand-to-eye audit count will be held at the Forsyth County Government Center on Tuesday at 1 p.m.
Anyone with questions about the audit should contact the Forsyth County Board of Elections.
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