Irwin County election board minutes show tiny discrepancies in post‑election audit
December 01, 2024 | Irwin County , Georgia
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The Irwin County Board of Elections & Registrations, in its Dec. 10, 2024 meeting minutes, summarized the results of post‑election auditing that found only minor discrepancies in recent contests.
The minutes state that six teams of two, provided by each county party, counted 3,910 ballots in a full audit of the County Commission District 3 contest and that 3,070 ballots selected by the Secretary of State’s Office were recounted as part of the statewide Risk Limiting Audit. According to the record, the Presidential contest audit showed a three‑ballot discrepancy (0.12%) favoring Donald J. Trump. In the County Commission District 3 contest auditors found seven fewer votes than expected for Mona W. MacKenzie and 12 fewer for Aldene Tyson, representing margins the minutes describe as within expected human error rates.
The minutes add that office staff performed an independent audit using ballot images hand‑scanned in the office and found a full match with the reported results. Separately, the Secretary of State’s Office conducted a 100% image audit of 4,367 ballots for the county and reported a true and complete match to Irwin County’s reported results. The statewide comparison cited in the minutes found 87 incorrect contest results across 5,297,262 audited ballot images, a discrepancy rate the minutes record as 0.001642% and attribute mainly to human adjudication error.
The board’s meeting record does not identify follow‑up actions stemming from the audit beyond the presentation of results. No public comments or formal disputes about the findings appear in the minutes. The board adjourned at 4:24 p.m. and is next scheduled to meet Jan. 7, 2025 at 4 p.m.
The minutes state that six teams of two, provided by each county party, counted 3,910 ballots in a full audit of the County Commission District 3 contest and that 3,070 ballots selected by the Secretary of State’s Office were recounted as part of the statewide Risk Limiting Audit. According to the record, the Presidential contest audit showed a three‑ballot discrepancy (0.12%) favoring Donald J. Trump. In the County Commission District 3 contest auditors found seven fewer votes than expected for Mona W. MacKenzie and 12 fewer for Aldene Tyson, representing margins the minutes describe as within expected human error rates.
The minutes add that office staff performed an independent audit using ballot images hand‑scanned in the office and found a full match with the reported results. Separately, the Secretary of State’s Office conducted a 100% image audit of 4,367 ballots for the county and reported a true and complete match to Irwin County’s reported results. The statewide comparison cited in the minutes found 87 incorrect contest results across 5,297,262 audited ballot images, a discrepancy rate the minutes record as 0.001642% and attribute mainly to human adjudication error.
The board’s meeting record does not identify follow‑up actions stemming from the audit beyond the presentation of results. No public comments or formal disputes about the findings appear in the minutes. The board adjourned at 4:24 p.m. and is next scheduled to meet Jan. 7, 2025 at 4 p.m.
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