Case Study: Mason County, West Virginia achieves a perfect recount with Election Systems & Software

Mason County, West Virginia’s perfect recount with Election Systems & Software: 11,369 ballots, 0 vote changes

Mason County, West Virginia, faced the challenge of conducting a hand recount for a local race with a close margin of victory following the 2020 General Election. County Clerk Diana Cromley needed to have complete trust in her team, processes, and voting equipment from Election Systems & Software to ensure the recount's accuracy and integrity.

Election Systems & Software provided Mason County with its ExpressVote Universal Voting System and DS200 precinct scanner and tabulator. The solution resulted in a perfect recount where the hand-counted totals matched the machine-tabulated results exactly, with not a single vote changing. This outcome demonstrated the system's accuracy and provided the county with total confidence in their new voting equipment and processes.