DENVER (KDVR) — Secretary of State Jena Griswold held a public meeting Monday morning aimed at establishing a ‘high statistical level of confidence’ in Colorado’s recent election results. 

This public forum was the second step in the ‘2021 Coordinated Election Bipartisan Risk-Limiting Audit,’ which is a process that uses statistical analysis to confirm that the outcome of an election is correct. 

During Monday’s meeting, a 10-sided dice was used in tandem with the Secretary of State’s R.L.A. software to randomly pick individual ballots from each county that would undergo the audit.  

The first step of the process occurred on November 9 when Secretary Griswold selected the political races that will undergo an audit from state election officials. The full list of Colorado’s target contests can be found here. 

Colorado became the first state to conduct a statewide Risk-Limiting Audit in 2017 and is currently one of just three states whose statutes require them. Additionally, eight states in total are currently undergoing their own R.L.A. pilot programs. 

The recent increase in states adopting pilot programs has been attributed to the national growing concern over election security, which was amplified locally when Mesa County’s election equipment was breached by a non-employee in August of 2021.