RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The day after Election Day, State Board of Elections staff randomly selected precincts, early voting sites and absentee-by-mail ballots to be counted by hand by county board of elections around the state..
It was part of a required post-election audit for the municipal elections.
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Each county in North Carolina hand counted two randomly selected voting groups (precinct, early voting site, absentee-by-mail ballots) Wednesday afternoon. The hand counts were then compared to machine counts to make sure all the votes lined up accurately.
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Member of the public were allowed to watch the hand count via an online meeting.
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