Hand Count Audit Report PPE Intro FINAL 010808

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MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA 
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE ELECTION 
FEBRUARY 5, 2008 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HAND COUNT/AUDIT REPORT 
 
Precinct Hand Count/ Audit 
 
Pursuant  to  A.R.S  §16‐602(C),  Maricopa  County  conducted  the  hand  count/audit  for  the 
February 5, 2008 Presidential Preference Election. The statutory requirement is for 2% of the 
precincts/polling places used for the given election. A total of 8 of the 347 precincts/polling 
places were audited. The precincts/polling places were selected in a random drawing by Mark 
Manoil,  Maricopa  County  Democratic  Party  Chair  and  Tom  Husband,  Maricopa  County 
Republican Party Chair.  
 
The representatives from the parties met at 11:00pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 to conduct 
the drawing.  There are only two offices to be selected from for this Election (Democratic 
Presidential Candidates and Republican Presidential Candidates). Through a toss of a coin, the 
office to be audited was selected. The “Democratic Presidential Candidate” office was selected.  
The Republican Party was then allowed to begin the selection of the 8 precincts/polling places 
by  lot  and  selection  alternated  between  the  two  Political  Party  Chairs,  until  all  8 
precincts/polling places were selected. In addition, Maricopa County Elections Department 
chose to audit the Republican Presidential Candidate office from 2 of the already selected 
precincts/polling places that existed. The choice of these 2 additional precincts/polling places 
was drawn by lot by the Republican Party Chair. The precincts/polling places selected are 
identified on the “Master Precinct and Race Selection Worksheet” that follows. 
 
The hand count/audit began at 1:00pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 and was concluded on 
Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 2:30 pm. 
 
The tabulation method used was the stack‐to method for the optical scan ballots and the tally 
method for the accessible voting devices (DRE). The audit was conducted by a three member 
board made up of no more than two members from the same political party. 
 
The precinct hand count/audit was performed on both the optical scan ballots and ballots cast 
on the accessible voting devices for each of the precincts/polling places selected.  
 
  
Early Ballot Hand Count/Audit 
 
Pursuant to A.R.S. §16‐602(F), Maricopa County conducted the hand count/audit for the Early 
Ballots voted in Maricopa County.  The statutory requirement is for 1% of the total early ballots 
cast.  The  number  used  to  determine  the  quantity  was  the  total  number  of  Early  Ballots 
requested  which  totaled  446,602.  The  Early  Ballots  are  processed  in  batches  of  200.  The 
number of batches that were to be selected was 25 or approximately 5,000 ballots.   
 
The batches selected are identified on the “Master Precinct and Race Selection Worksheet” 
that follows. The 5,000 ballots in the 25 batches selected exceed the 1% statutory requirement.  
The observers for the political parties selected the batches during the tabulation of the Early 
Ballots which began after the completion of the Logic and Accuracy test.  Each political party 
independently selected their batches.   
 
 
Conclusions 
 
The  primary  benefit  of  the  hand  count/audits  is  that  it  shows  that  the  equipment  does 
accurately tabulate the votes on the ballots.   
 
There were no variances that occurred and the final result reports, that follow, indicate such. 








Master Precinct and Race Selection Worksheet

Election: PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE ELECTION

Party Selected: __DEM_____

SECTION A. SELECTED PRECINCTS (LIST IN ORDER SELECTED)


7703 7661 7337 7601 7508 7226 7237 7266



7508 7661
Additional Party Audit: __REP____ Precincts FROM ABOVE >



SECTION A (Continued). SELECTED EV BATCHES (LIST IN ORDER SELECTED)


#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12


#13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24


#25 #22 #24 Additional Party Audit: ____REP____ Batches FROM ABOVE >



SECTION B. NUMBER OF RACES TO COUNT PER CATEGORY

RACE CATEGORY TICK MARK NUMBER OF RECEIVED PRECINCT
TALLY RACES PER HAND COUNT MARGIN
CATEGORY WORKSHEET
1. President x 1 1
2. Statewide Candidate N/A N/A N/A
3. Statewide Ballot Measure N/A N/A N/A
4. Federal Candidate N/A N/A N/A
5. State Legislative N/A N/A N/A
Additional Races Needed N/A



SECTION C. RACES TO BE COUNTED

Race To Be Counted (Precinct) Race To Be Counted (Early Ballot Audit)
1. PRESIDENT PRESIDENT

Master List of All Contested Races

Election: PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE ELECTION



Category: PRESIDENTIAL Category: PRESIDENTIAL

Race: DEM - PRESIDENT Race: REP - PRESIDENT


Category:_______________________ Category:___________________________

Race:__________________________ Race:_______________________________




Race:__________________________ Race:_______________________________



Category:_______________________ Category:___________________________

Race:__________________________ Race:_______________________________




Race:__________________________ Race:_______________________________



Category:_______________________ Category:___________________________

Race:_____Race:_____




Race:__________________________ Race:_______________________________




MARICOPA COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT
MCTEC FACILITY
510 S 3RD AVE
PHOENIX AZ 85003
MASTER ‐ PRECINCT HAND COUNT MARGIN WORKSHEET
To complete this form, put the totals from each hand count tally page in the proper table.  One Precinct Hand 
Count Margin Worksheet shall be used for each hand counted race/category.
DATE OF ELECTION:  FEBRUARY 5, 2008 ELECTION TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
RACE CATEGORY:  PRESIDENT
RACE:  DEM ‐ PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
HAND COUNT ROUND: