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Wisconsin voting equipment audit finds no errors in 2022 election

The Wisconsin Elections Commission said the audit covered 10% of reporting units across the state and included a review of nearly 225,000 ballots.

Wisconsin voting equipment audit finds no errors in 2022 election

The Wisconsin Elections Commission said the audit covered 10% of reporting units across the state and included a review of nearly 225,000 ballots.

UPFRONT. JOYCE: THANK YOU, MATT. THE WEST -- THE WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COMMITTEE APPROVING MANY AUDIT, FINDING NO VOTING APPROVED ERRORS IN THE ELECTION. THEY CALLED IT THE LARGEST AUDIT OF MACHINES IN STATE HISTORY. THE COMMISSION SAID IT FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF VOTING MACHINES INCORRECT THE TABULATING VOTES. THE REPORT DID FIND SIX EXAMPLES OF HUM
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Wisconsin voting equipment audit finds no errors in 2022 election

The Wisconsin Elections Commission said the audit covered 10% of reporting units across the state and included a review of nearly 225,000 ballots.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) says that the largest post-election voting equipment audit in state history found no mechanical errors and that all audited voting equipment performed to certification standards. In a release sent to WISN 12 News, the commission added that at their Feb. 2 meeting, members unanimously determined the effective error rate of the 2022 post-election voting equipment audit as 0.0%. The WEC says that the audit of voting equipment used in the November 2022 General Election covered 10% of reporting units across the state and included a review of nearly 225,000 ballots.Officials say they selected 357 reporting units or voting machines for audit via a random drawing. While not every municipality was selected, the audit included at least one unit per county. Wisconsin law requires the WEC to audit each voting system used in a General Election in order to determine an error rate. WEC says that experts reviewed findings and found "no election equipment changed votes from one candidate to another, incorrectly tabulated votes, or altered the outcome of any audited contest." They add that additionally, there was "no evidence of programming errors, unauthorized alterations or 'hacking' of voting equipment software, or malfunctions of voting equipment that altered the outcome of any races on the ballot."Finally, the Commission says they found zero errors caused by voting equipment malfunction, however, the audit did identify six issues attributed to human mistakes. They say the six human errors occurred in four separate municipalities and affected a single contest on each individual ballot. None impacted the outcome of any contest.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) says that the largest post-election voting equipment audit in state history found no mechanical errors and that all audited voting equipment performed to certification standards.

In a release sent to WISN 12 News, the commission added that at their Feb. 2 meeting, members unanimously determined the effective error rate of the 2022 post-election voting equipment audit as 0.0%. The WEC says that the audit of voting equipment used in the November 2022 General Election covered 10% of reporting units across the state and included a review of nearly 225,000 ballots.

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Officials say they selected 357 reporting units or voting machines for audit via a random drawing. While not every municipality was selected, the audit included at least one unit per county.

Wisconsin law requires the WEC to audit each voting system used in a General Election in order to determine an error rate. WEC says that experts reviewed findings and found "no election equipment changed votes from one candidate to another, incorrectly tabulated votes, or altered the outcome of any audited contest." They add that additionally, there was "no evidence of programming errors, unauthorized alterations or 'hacking' of voting equipment software, or malfunctions of voting equipment that altered the outcome of any races on the ballot."

Finally, the Commission says they found zero errors caused by voting equipment malfunction, however, the audit did identify six issues attributed to human mistakes. They say the six human errors occurred in four separate municipalities and affected a single contest on each individual ballot. None impacted the outcome of any contest.