Pembroke and Tilton are among four randomly chosen sites whose AccuVote ballot-counting machines will be audited after Tuesday’s election.
Audits will also take place of machines in Durham and Somersworth Ward 3. They are required under law to help ensure the accuracy of the optical scanning devices, which detect voters’ choices on paper ballots.
The audit process was tested during the 2022 state primary on scanners in Laconia’s Ward 1 and Hopkinton. The audit will be overseen by the Secretary of State’s office and will be performed by two state senators, Donna Soucy and James Gray, as well as a half-dozen other officials, attorneys and representatives of Clear Ballot, an election-auditing firm.
The audit will be conducted on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 8:30 a.m. at the New Hampshire Archives and Records Management building, 9 Ratification Way in Concord. It is open to the public.
The results will be released no later than Friday, Nov. 11, at noon.
The Secretary of State’s office will conduct an unrelated audit on Wednesday, Nov. 9, of different ballot-counting machines being used for the first time in three small towns as a test.
That audit is designed to determine the accuracy of the VotingWorks machines, one of several models being considered by New Hampshire to replace the aging AccuVote devices.