Two wards in the City of Sheboygan have been selected by the Wisconsin Elections Commission to undergo a voting system audit. Deputy City Clerk Melissa Clevenger sent out notice on Tuesday afternoon that the reporting units involved are Ward 2 and Ward 11, both of which utilize the Clear Ballot Group/Clear Cast voting system. That is an optical scanning system used to tabulate ballots, and is one of six optical scanning systems used in Wisconsin. Five other voting systems fall under the “Accessible Voting Equipment” category of approved systems, but none are involved in the City of Sheboygan audit.
The audit here will take place at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 29 at Sheboygan City Hall (828 Center Avenue) – Room 106
In order to choose voting units to be audited, the WEC conducts two separate random drawings, which are done via teleconference from the WEC office. 368 reporting units in total are involved in the audit, with at least one unit in each of Wisconsin’s 72 counties. The audit is required after every General Election to ensure the accuracy of tabulation equipment used during that election.
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