SoS: Audit confirms PSC vote count

An audit of the results of one of the two Public Service Commission contests confirms the outcome of the November 4 election, according to information from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. The Secretary of State’s office began the audit last Thursday in all of Georgia’s 159 counties.  

According to Raffensperger, the audit included a hand count of randomly selected ballots as part of the statewide audit. The purpose of the audit was to confirm the accuracy of the results for the Public Service Commissioner District 2 contest.  Raffensperger explained that a risk limit of 5 percent was set for the risk limiting audit (RLA), a limit that is among the best in the country for jurisdictions that conduct RLAs.