Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill randomly drew names of voting precincts from a lottery machine on Wednesday, revealing the polling places that will be subject to an audit for the 2019 municipal election.
The state will randomly audit 5% of Connecticut’s polling places, or 34 of 671 locales. Ten alternates were selected to replace any locale whose results remain in question.
Merrill said that since the state began using new voting machines in the early 2000s, audits have shown that tabulators have been 99% accurate.
“We’re very proud of that and we’re proud of the fact that Connecticut does this audit drawing every year,” Merrill said. “It really serves to give the citizens of the state confidence that their votes are being accurately counted.”
Merrill said that for the first time, town officials can go to her office in Hartford to have their ballots counted electronically for the audit.
Those picked were asked to begin 15 days from Nov. 20. They have until the middle of December to submit results.
Polling Locations
- John Paterson Elementary School, Newington
- Coe Park 2, Torrington
- Parkville Community School, Hartford
- Saxe Middle School, New Canaan
- F.J Kingsbury Elementary School, Waterbury
- Madison Middle School, Trumbull
- Domus (Old Rogers School), Stamford
- Cloonan Middle School, Stamford
- Wilbur Cross School, Bridgeport
- Killingworth Elementary School, Killingworth
- Gaylordsville Firehouse, New Milford
- Windham Center Fire Department, Windham
- Avon High School, Avon
- Town Office Building, Bethlehem
- AHEPA 110-2 Apartments, Norwich
- Melissa Jones Elementary School, Guilford
- Edith E. Mackrille Elementary School, West Haven
- Franklin H. Mayberry School, East Hartford
- Town Hall, West Hartford
- New Town Hall, North Stonington
- Schaghticoke Middle School, New Milford
- Buckley Elementary School, Manchester
- North End Senior Center, Hartford
- General Ameglio Italian Civic Association, New Britain
- Catherine Lillis Administration Building, New Milford
- Ellington High School, Ellington
- Dunbar School, Bridgeport
- School Administration Building, Groton
- Wallingford Senior Center, Wallingford
- Eli Terry Elementary School, South Windsor
- Atwater Senior Center, New Haven
- School Apartments, New Britain
- Litchfield Firehouse, Litchfield
- Baltic Firehouse, Sprague
Alternates (In Case of a Recount)
- Abraham Baldwin Middle School, Guilford
- Seth Haley School, West Haven
- Liberty Christian Center, Hartford
- John Wallace Middle School, Newington
- Bassick High School, Bridgeport
- Wexler-Grant Community School, New Haven
- Plantsville Elementary School, Southington
- Ridge Road Elementary School, North Haven
- Southbury Fire Department, Southbury
- Bridgeport Central High School, Bridgeport
