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A2 THE BULLETIN • SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2022 The Bulletin LOCAL, STATE & REGION How to reach us CIRCULATION Didn’t receive your paper? Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturday-Sunday and holidays GENERAL INFORMATION 541-382-1811 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ONLINE www.bendbulletin.com EMAIL news@bendbulletin.com AFTER HOURS Newsroom ................................541-383-0348 Circulation ................................541-385-5800 NEWSROOM EMAIL Business ........business@bendbulletin.com City Desk .............news@bendbulletin.com Features.................................................................. communitylife@bendbulletin.com Sports ................. sports@bendbulletin.com NEWSROOM FAX 541-385-5804 STATE AUDIT | CLACKAMAS COUNTY Primary tally was accurate BY PETER WONG Oregon Capital Bureau A state-ordered audit has concluded that Clackamas County’s tally of results from the May 17 primary election was accurate, despite faulty printed barcodes that required hand duplication of thousands of ballots. The special audit, which Secretary of State Shemia Fa- gan ordered on June 10, was in addition to the regular post-election audits required in all of Oregon’s 36 counties, which conduct the elections. Audits usually involve county election workers pull- ing a statistically significant random sampling of ballots in statewide races off the shelves — ballots are normally tallied by optical scanners or other “This post-election audit was a necessary step in assuring Clackamas County voters, and all Oregonians, that they can continue to trust in the integrity of Oregon elections.” — Shemia Fagan, secretary of state machines — and counting them by hand. Then the sam- ples are matched against the machine-tallied results to ver- ify their accuracy. The state order for Clack- amas County was more ex- tensive. It required workers to verify that the ballots they duplicated by hand were tran- scribed accurately, in addition to the standard requirements. The order specifies which batches of ballots should be recounted from six county- wide races. The batches were randomly selected, as were the races. Clackamas County com- pleted its special audit by the state deadline of June 23. Fagan, who lives in Clack- amas County, said in a state- ment on Aug. 5: “I mandated Clackamas County elections to conduct a hand recount and investigate the ballot duplication process to ensure that ballots with mis- printed barcodes were counted correctly. Clackamas County can rest assured that this rigor- ous post-election audit verified that the May 2022 election re- sults were 100% accurate. “This post-election audit was a necessary step in assur- ing Clackamas County voters, and all Oregonians, that they can continue to trust in the in- tegrity of Oregon elections.” The secretary of state is Or- egon’s chief elections officer. County election workers did find one ballot that was dupli- cated incorrectly. There also were some minor discrepan- cies in the numbers tallied for candidates, though the overall totals of ballots cast were cor- rect, and the discrepancies had no effect on any of the election races chosen for audit. The contests were Clack- amas County commissioner positions 2 and 5 — incum- bents Paul Savas and Sonya Fischer are headed for Nov. 8 runoffs, since neither won a majority in the primary for the nonpartisan offices — plus party nominees for U.S. sen- ator, and unopposed candi- dates for three nonpartisan judgeships on the Clackamas County Circuit Court, Oregon Court of Appeals and Oregon Supreme Court. Ten races for precinct committee persons also were covered. According to the order, the batches represent 10% of the total ballots cast. Depending on the race, between 90,000 and 98,000 ballots were cast in Clackamas County in the pri- mary. The audits cover sam- plings of the total. Clackamas County Clerk Sherry Hall certified primary results on June 14. █ pwong@pamplinmedia.com OUR ADDRESS Street .............. 320 SW Upper Terrace Drive Suite 200 Bend, OR 97702 Mailing ........... P.O. 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The Deadline Flat Fire is burning 15 miles northwest of Paulina on Bureau of Land Management land. Since 1:30 a.m. Friday, three engines have been working to contain the fire burning mostly grass and juniper trees. As of Satur- day afternoon, it was 2 acres in size and 0% contained. The Green Butte Fire, lo- cated around 13 miles south- east of La Pine on the De- schutes National Forest, was 23 acres in size and 50% con- tained as of Saturday. The fire caused air quality to reach unhealthy levels in Bend on Wednesday. Firefighters used Dean Guernsey/Bulletin file A helicopter drops water Monday on the Fly Creek Fire near Lake Billy Chinook. a drone Saturday to identify hotspots within the fire area to focus crews suppression ef- forts. The Fly Creek Fire near Lake Billy Chinook was 95% con- tained at 274 acres Friday. Evacuations for Three Rivers, Perry South and Monty camp- grounds were lifted Thursday and the campgrounds re- opened for use Friday. Minimal growth was re- ported on the Windigo and CORRECTIONS The Bulletin’s primary concern is that all stories are accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call us at 541-383-0367. TO SUBSCRIBE Call us ......................541-385-5800 • Home delivery and E-Edition ..........................$7 per week • By mail .................................$9.50 per week • E-Edition only ...................$4.50 per week To sign up for our e-Editions, visit www.bendbulletin.com to register. TO PLACE AN AD Classified ......................................541-385-5809 Other information ....................541-382-1811 OBITUARIES No death notices or obituaries are published Mondays. When submitting, please include your name, address and contact number. Call to ask about deadlines, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Phone ..........................................541-385-5809 Email .......................obits@bendbulletin.com LEGAL NOTICES Email .....................legals@bendbulletin.com Notice of Oregon Working Families Party Nomination Convention Saturday August 13th - Wednesday August 17th Hosted virtually at bit.ly/OWFPNom22 You must be a registered member of the party to vote. For more information, visit www.owfp.org Potter Fires on Friday, par- tially due to aggressive air at- tacks throughout the Windigo Fire’s perimeter and strength- ening existing containment lines on the Potter Fire. As of Saturday, the Win- digo Fire, located 20 miles southwest of La Pine, was 1,046 acres in size and 5% contained. The Potter Fire, lo- cated eight miles northeast of Toketee Lake, was 167 acres and 0% contained. Both fires were caused by lightning and resulted in several temporary closures throughout the area. Overlap- ping portions of the Umpqua, Deschutes, Willamette and Fremont-Winema national forests were closed Saturday. Portions of the Pacific Crest Trail and some forest service roads remain closed. Air travel was also temporarily restricted above the fires. Central Oregon may con- tinue to experience smoke from fires in the Pacific Northwest, according to the interagency dispatch center. Smoke is often trapped in river corridors and lower el- evation areas overnight, the organization said. It advised the public to close all windows and doors throughout the eve- ning and early-morning hours to limit smoke exposure.
