SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — The post-election audit on the special election took place on Friday afternoon at the Woodbury County Courthouse.

The purpose was to check and see if the election equipment accurately counted the votes on Tuesday. The audit board hand-counts votes using the machine-counting standards.

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County Auditor Michelle Skaff said she did not expect any errors to come from the audit.

"It's a random sample. So the secretary of state tells us after the electio

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