Election test 100% accurate

The Leelanau County Election Commission held a public accuracy test ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election at the government center Oct. 17.

County Clerk Michelle Crocker and Probate Judge Marian Kromkowski answered questions from audience members who attended the test.

Crocker said that a total of 1,582 ballots were fed into the tabulator, one by one, during the test. These included every permutation of complete and incomplete ballots that voters may produce, including “spoiled” ballots that were marked incorrectly and therefore invalid. According to Crocker, the test produced 100% accurate results, and all valid ballots were counted correctly.