<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3dswzS_1Gzdf87w00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3dswzS_1Gzdf87w00" width="1536" height="864" >Hard drive failure and a security alert slowed results in two counties; later corrections changed no outcomes.OKLAHOMA CITY — A failed hard drive in Comanche County and a security alert in Cleveland County caused election-night reporting delays, according to State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax.The problems delayed the release of unofficial results from the Nov. 3 election. A subsequent audit identified data-entry errors in Comanche County, but corrections and the addition of provisional ballots changed no election outcomes, Ziriax told the state board Tuesday.His explanation came during the board’s scheduled meeting to certify election results. Members voted 3–0 to certify results for state and federal offices and the two state questions, the standard formal step that makes those results official.The Cleveland and Comanche county election boards processed eligible provisional ballots and certified their results Nov. 6.“We do not believe that either of these issues could have been foreseen,” Ziriax said. “We put into place plans to resolve the matters as quickly as possible, and they did get resolved.”A technical report detailing the incidents will be posted on the board’s website, he said.<h2>Comanche County’s hard drive failed</h2>In Comanche County, the failure prevented a local tabulation computer from loading the election database and transmitting results to the state.Technicians initially suspected a software problem. When standard troubleshooting failed, county and state election workers began manually entering results from printed voting-device tapes around 11 p.m. election night.Election Day results were available on tapes printed at polling places. Absentee and early-voting ballots were returned to the county election board by the sheriff’s department and rescanned to produce results tapes.The county board remained in an open public meeting throughout the process, Ziriax said. Results were posted as workers entered them, with data entry and proofreading completed shortly after 1 p.m. Nov. 4.An additional manual audit Nov. 5–6 compared the entered figures with the printed tapes. Corrections were made during the county board’s Nov. 6 public meeting, before certification.<blockquote>“Accuracy is far more important than speed when it comes to election results.”</blockquote>— State Election Board Secretary Paul ZiriaxHe said Oklahoma’s paper ballots and printed results tapes allowed officials to complete the reporting process despite the computer failure.<h2>Cleveland County’s alert cleared</h2>In Cleveland County, a security alert temporarily blocked electronic transmission of results while state technicians investigated.County workers continued loading results into their local tabulation computer during the review. Ziriax said technicians determined the alert was a “non-event” and found no actual security issue.After technicians processed the file that triggered the alert using an alternative method, the county transmitted its full unofficial results shortly after 10 p.m. election night.Ziriax said the problems affected the compilation and reporting of results. Precinct scanners counted Election Day ballots as voters inserted them.</div></body>

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OKLAHOMA CITY — A failed hard drive in Comanche County and a security alert in Cleveland County caused election-night reporting delays, according to State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax. The problems delayed the release of unofficial results from the Nov. 3 election. A subsequent audit identified data-entry errors in...

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