The Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder’s Office announced Monday that its audit of paper ballots was successful, confirming that results from November’s Coordinated Election are accurate.
Bipartisan teams of election judges and political party designees pulled paper ballots from the election and compared them to the vote totals reported to the Secretary of State’s Office. The process revealed zero discrepancies between vote totals on ballots and those on record.
All 64 counties in Colorado are required by law to conduct a risk-limiting audit after every statewide election to ensure votes are reported and recorded accurately.
In this election cycle, every county passed their audit, meaning discrepancies in the audit—if there were any—were within an acceptable limit that does not pose a risk to the accuracy of election results. If any single county finds a significant number of discrepancies during an audit, every county in the state must redo the entire process.
The next step in the election cycle is the bipartisan Canvass Board certification, scheduled for November 27. Learn more about the risk-limiting audit in this short video.