In November last year, we started a process of handcounting some races at the same time that we do the statutorily required retabulation of votes. We continued that in February and have done it again for this election.

Now we have compiled the information for the retabulation and hand count in a format that hopefully explains the results more thoroughly and clearly.

I think we are the only county in Illinois that does this hand count and likely one of the few in the country that does it voluntarily. I believe it’s a great way to prevent fraud, ensure integrity, and instill confidence in our election system.

If you look at the complete retabulation/hand count results on our website you’ll see that the new computer count disagreed with the election night count in two instances. In those instances questionable ballots can be looked at that explain the discrepancy. We also had one ballot that just simply couldn’t be tabulated yesterday.

All the hand counts came out exactly the same.

We would like the political parties to participate more in this process but are gratified that they are confident enough in our integrity to not show up. We are looking at web streaming of a variety of office activities next year. If we can get that done, you may be able to watch next year’s retabulation from your computer.

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