A closely watched audit of Windham’s November election results got underway Tuesday.
The team behind it has until May 27 to figure out what might be behind a nearly 400 vote gap between Windham’s vote totals on Election Night and the results of a state-run recount a week later.
“This fact pattern seems unusual, if not unprecedented,” Mark Lindeman, one of the auditors overseeing the Windham review, acknowledged on Tuesday.
The opening day of the audit was largely administrative: Before any counting could begin, Windham’s ballot counting devices had to be transported from town offices, and its ballots had to be signed out of the State Archives, where they’ve been locked up for several months. That process itself took several hours, and no ballots were tallied by the time the day wrapped up. But we did get more details on what to expect out of the audit in the weeks ahead. Here’s what we know.
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Show Transcript UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO STOP THIS AUDIT FROM HAPPENING. THE WINDHAM TOWN BUS DELIVERED FOUR VOTING MACHINES FROM THE 2020 ELECTION AND STATE TROOPERS WIELD THEM INTO THE SECURE FACILITY. WHERE A TRIO OF INDEPENDENT. OTHERS WILL BEGIN CLOSELY EXAMINING THEM TOMORROW THOUSANDS OF BALLOTS FOR NOVEMBER CONTAINED IN SECURE BOXES. WEâRE NOT FAR BEHIND A RECOUN LAST YEAR IN WINDHAM STATE REP RACE REVEALED SIGNIFICANT DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE MACHINE COUNT AND THE HAND COUNT FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES GAINED AROUND 300 VOTES EACH WHILE ONE DEMOCRAT LOST 99 VOTES THOSE CHANGES WERE SO FAR BEYOND THE NORM THE LEGISLATURE TOOK BIPARTISAN ACTION TO BRING ABOUT THIS UNIQUE AUDIT. THE GOAL IS FIRST OF ALL ESTA PLACE WHAT HAPPENED THEN E
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