Cerro Gordo County Auditor Adam Wedmore announced that a successful post-election audit of the City-School election was conducted on Nov. 15, 2023. All ballots cast on election day in Mason City Ward 4 Precinct 3 were hand-counted by election officials.
“I’d like to thank the county auditors and the election officials and poll workers across the state for their hard work this year,” Secretary Pate said. “We conducted another fair, secure election in Iowa, and these hand-count audits are one more way we ensure the integrity of the vote.”
Every ballot tabulator in Iowa undergoes a public pre-election test to ensure it will count votes accurately on Election Day. Post-election audits are mandatory in all 99 counties following each election. For the City-School Election, one randomly chosen precinct in each county is required to conduct a post-election audit to verify the machine count.
“The post-election audit is a final check that our election equipment is accurate. I’m happy to report our post-election audit results matched what the ballot tabulator counted on election day. The results of this audit should reassure voters that Cerro Gordo County has and will continue to conduct fair, valid, and secure elections,” Auditor Wedmore said.
For more information about election security in Iowa, visit the Secretary of State’s website at sos.iowa.gov. Information about the voting process is available at VoterReady.Iowa.gov.
