On Monday, June 13, 2022, three citizens from Cherokee County met at the Courthouse in Cherokee to conduct a post-election audit of the votes cast at the #6 Quimby Precinct at the June 7, 2022 Primary Election. Kris Glienke, Cherokee County Auditor, and Kaitlin Letsche, Election Manager, observed the process.
On the day after the Election, the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office randomly selected one precinct from each county in the state to be the subject of the audit. The audit team hand counted the votes cast for United States Senator on the 104 ballots cast at the #6 Quimby polling site on Election Day. The team’s hand counted results were then compared to those reported by the ballot tabulator results tape generated at the polls on election night.
Cherokee County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Kris Glienke reports the results matched exactly, and stated that this is the outcome all voters and election officials should expect, and should strengthen the confidence Cherokee County voters have in the integrity of the election process. Extensive testing of the ballot tabulators is conducted by the Auditor’s Office in advance of every election to assure that the tabulators are accurately recording the votes from the paper ballots.