Georgia says audit confirmed reported results in two June primary runoff contests
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced July 2 that a statewide risk-limiting audit confirmed the reported vote count in two primary runoff contests held June 16, 2026.
The audit covered the Republican U.S. Senate primary runoff and the Democratic primary runoff for lieutenant governor. According to the Secretary of State’s office, election officials in all 159 Georgia counties participated in the review, which began in late June.
The office said the audit confirmed the accuracy of the reported results in the two contests it reviewed.
Two runoff contests were reviewed
The state’s announcement identifies a limited set of races: the Republican U.S. Senate runoff and the Democratic lieutenant-governor runoff. It does not describe the risk-limiting audit as a review of every contest that appeared on the June 16 primary-runoff ballot.
That scope is important when reading the announcement. The reported conclusion applies to the two named contests, based on the audit described by the Secretary of State’s office. The announcement does not present the result as a finding about other races on that ballot or about future elections.
County election officials took part across the state rather than only in selected jurisdictions. Georgia has 159 counties, and the office said officials in each county participated in the audit.
The available source material does not provide an exact audit sample size, the vote margins in the reviewed contests or county-by-county findings. It also does not provide additional methodological details for the risk-limiting audit in the material supplied for this report.
Separate ballot-image audit report
In a separate report on its news and announcements page, the Secretary of State’s office said a ballot-image audit also confirmed the June 16 primary results. The office said every ballot error identified in that audit came from hand-marked ballots.
The source material treats the ballot-image audit and the risk-limiting audit as separate reports. It does not establish whether they used the same ballots, samples or procedures, so the two reviews should not be treated as interchangeable.
The same announcements page also records an investigation into voter-registration mailers sent to deceased Georgians. The supplied material provides no further details about that investigation and does not link it to the June 16 runoff audit.
What the announcement establishes
The Secretary of State’s reported finding is that the risk-limiting audit supported the reported results in the two specified runoff contests. The announcement does not characterize the review as a full recount, and it does not establish an audit finding for every race or ballot from the June 16 election.
The distinction matters because the state’s stated conclusion is tied to the contests selected for review. The reported audit outcome does not itself change the election results; rather, the office said the review confirmed the reported vote count for the named races.
Next statewide election
Georgia’s 2026 general election is scheduled for Nov. 3. The audit announcement provides a statewide election-administration update ahead of that election, with county officials in all 159 counties having participated in the June runoff review.
The approved source material does not identify a further audit deadline or another action required as a result of the completed review.
Sources
- Raffensperger Announces Primary Runoff Risk Limiting Audit Confirms Accurate Vote Count, Georgia Secretary of State
- Georgia Secretary of State News and Announcements, Georgia Secretary of State