Hand-to-Eye Audit helps ensure election accuracy

As most people are aware, the midterm elections occurred on Tuesday, November 3rd. Late last week, the Clark County Elections Board took steps to ensure accuracy. Using a process known as a hand-to-eye audit, they gathered at the Clark County Courthouse on Friday, November 6, for that reason. “They randomly pick one machine and one race, and this is called the hand-to-eye audit,” confirmed Clark County Clerk Michelle Turner, also chair of the Clark County Elections Board. “We open the machine and physically take out the ballots and match them up with the tape (results).” On Friday morning, to encourage transparency, a poll worker on the elections board representing the Democratic Party and one representing the Republican Party helped organize ballots. After organizing the ballots, two others went over and read aloud the final results. Because Clark County Sheriff Berl Perdue was also on the ballot, a representative from the Sheriff’s Office was there too.

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