Overview
- Results from 16 Green County municipalities were transmitted to the county server on Aug. 11 but now sit in encrypted files staff cannot open for public reporting.
- Liberty Vote told county officials the server and the results-reporting program are not communicating, which blocked the software from decrypting the transmitted files.
- County staff began contacting municipal clerks to bring physical memory cards and election-night tapes so results can be manually loaded into the county reporting system.
- Officials say the problem affects only public reporting and not the underlying ballots or tabulation, and they will publish verified unofficial results once manual loads and checks are complete.
- Election staff expect Liberty Vote engineers to review logs and the county is considering procedural changes for November, while voters should monitor the county website for updates.